GORAN TRIBUSON: LETTER FOR THE FOLK, NOT OF THE FOLK

Još od početka svoga književnog djelovanja, Tribuson je bio miljenik publike, a književna kritika je spram njega gajila ambivalentan odnos. Danas, pak, ovaj književnik uživa status relevantne kulturne i umjetničke činjenice. On nije samo majstor žanra, sjajan pripovjedač, nego i izvrsno obaviješten intelektualac, o čemu svjedoče mnogi metatekstualni segmenti njegovih pripovijesti i romana. No nitko do danas nije primijetio da je on, atmosferom svojih pripovjednina, likovima te finim socijalnim kriticizmom, anticipirao tzv. Nordic-noir, nekoliko desetljeća prije nego se ovaj žanr pojavio na europskoj i hrvatskoj književnoj sceni.Ever Ever since his appearance in Croatian literature, Tribuson was accepted and loved by the literary public, while literary criticism had an ambivalent relation towards him. Today Tribuson has the status of a great and relevant literary name. He is not only the master of the genre, and a great narrator, but also an excellently informed intellectual, which can be seen from many metatextual segments in his stories and novels. Although diverse in genres, to the general public he is mostly known as a writer of crime novels. Since today, nobody has noticed that Tribuson indirectly anticipated the so-called Nordic-noir, a popular genre today, creatively defining all major subjects, motives and procedures found today in popular Scandinavian novels