Impure Blood: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added

Inline

Latest revision as of 10:53, 6 November 2024

Impure Blood (Serbian: Нечиста крв, Nečista krv) or Sophka is a novel written by Borisav Stanković. It is concerned with themes of the Serbian south, during the reforming in the late 19th century.

Synopsis

The novel is set in Vranje, at the end of the 19th century. The main character is Sofka, a 26-year-old beautiful virgin from a čorbadžija family. However, after the fall of the Sanjak of Niš to Serbia and the following social turmoil, her family loses most of their fortune, forcing her father, Efendi Mita, to have her married off to Tomča, the 12-year-old son of gazda Marko. Marko however actually wanted Sofka for himself, to give him healthy and beautiful children. During Sofka's wedding night, Sofka locks herself and Tomča in the bedroom to avoid Marko, who beats his wife and begs Sofka to let him in. Suddenly, Marko, scared from the desire he has for Sofka, leaves to go and fight in the war against the Albanians, in which he dies. After his death, Sofka and Tomča live happily, and Tomča grows into an attractive man. However, Mita arrives to demand the money he was promised by Marko. Tomča, devastated to learn that Sofka was bought by his father, starts to abuse her daily. She starts drinking and having children, who are mostly born pale and ill, due to the curse of the 'impure blood' that had begun a long time ago, with Sofka's ancestors. She loses her beauty and becomes old and quiet, uninterested in anything but drinking and sitting in silence. At the end of the novel, Sofka is sitting near the fireplace with no fire in it, only ashes. She is seen going through the ashes with a stick while her children are running around the house.

Film adaptations

1948 film Sofka by Radoš Novaković and starring Vera Gregović is the first cinematic adaptation of the novel. In 1991, it was made into a film starring Maja Stojanović and released in 1997 as Impure Blood. A miniseries related to this adaptation and titled Tajna nečiste krvi was aired in 2012. A prequel film, titled Impure Blood: The Ancestral Sin, was released on August 26, 2021.

This Serbia-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This article about a 1910s novel is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

See guidelines for writing about novels. Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+{{Multiple issues|
-'''''Impure Blood''''' ({{Lang-sr|Нечиста крв, Nečista krv}}) or '''''Sophka''''' is a novel written by [[Borisav Stanković]]. It is concerned with themes of Serbian south, in the reforming in late 19th century.
+{{unreferenced|date=May 2019}}
+{{All plot|date=February 2020}}
+}}
+{{italic title}}
+'''''Impure Blood''''' ({{Langx|sr|Нечиста крв, Nečista krv}}) or '''''Sophka''''' is a novel written by [[Borisav Stanković]]. It is concerned with themes of the Serbian south, during the reforming in the late 19th century.
 ==Synopsis==
-[[Vranje]], end of the 19th century. Sofka is a 26-year old beautiful virgin from a ''[[çorbacı|čorbadžija]]'' family. However, after the fall of the [[Sanjak of Niš]] to [[Serbia]] and the following social turmoil, her family had lost most of their fortunes and her father [[Efendi]] Mita had settled in the [[Ottoman Empire|Turkish territory]] for business, leaving his daughter and wife behind and barring her from marriage. One day, Mita returns to Vranje and it is revealed that he lost all his money and is now forced to have Sofka married off. The suitor is Tomča, the 12-year old mentally retarded son of ''gazda'' Marko, a social climber and half-bandit who became rich thanks to his partnership with the [[Albanian people|Albanian]] leader Agim. Sofka agrees to save her family from financial troubles and marries Tomča but it soon becomes evident that Marko actually wanted Sofka for himself, to give him healthy and beautiful children. During Sofkas first wedding night, ''gazda'' Marko tries to claim his right to have the bride first but Sofka locks herself and Tomča in the bedroom while Marko was beating his wife and begging Sofka to let him in. Suddenly, Marko, scared from the desire he has for Sofka, runaway on his horse to go and fight Albanians. He was wounded and he died. After his death, Sofka and Tomča lived happily, he grew into a nice and strong man. Their happiness was interrupted with the arrival of efendi Mita who asked for the money he was promised by gazda Marko. Tomča was devastated by the fact that Sofka was actually bought by his father. He beats Sofka and goes away on his horse. That was the beginning of the end for Sofka. Their happiness was over. Now, Tomča was beating her, insulting, raping... To get away from that reality she started drinking. Soon, their children were born retarded, ill, weak... That was the curse of the 'impure blood' that had started a long time ago, with Sofkas ancestors. Her beauty was gone. She became old and quite, uninterested in anything but drinking and sitting in quite. At the end of the novel, Sofka is sitting near the fireplace with no fire in it, only ashes. She is seen going through the ashes with a stick while her children are running around the house, fumbling things.
+The novel is set in [[Vranje]], at the end of the 19th century. The main character is Sofka, a 26-year-old beautiful virgin from a ''[[çorbacı|čorbadžija]]'' family. However, after the fall of the [[Sanjak of Niš]] to [[Principality of Serbia|Serbia]] and the following social turmoil, her family loses most of their fortune, forcing her father, [[Effendi|Efendi]] Mita, to have her married off to Tomča, the 12-year-old son of ''gazda'' Marko. Marko however actually wanted Sofka for himself, to give him healthy and beautiful children. During Sofka's wedding night, Sofka locks herself and Tomča in the bedroom to avoid Marko, who beats his wife and begs Sofka to let him in. Suddenly, Marko, scared from the desire he has for Sofka, leaves to go and fight in the war against the Albanians, in which he dies. After his death, Sofka and Tomča live happily, and Tomča grows into an attractive man. However, Mita arrives to demand the money he was promised by Marko. Tomča, devastated to learn that Sofka was bought by his father, starts to abuse her daily. She starts drinking and having children, who are mostly born pale and ill, due to the curse of the 'impure blood' that had begun a long time ago, with Sofka's ancestors. She loses her beauty and becomes old and quiet, uninterested in anything but drinking and sitting in silence. At the end of the novel, Sofka is sitting near the fireplace with no fire in it, only ashes. She is seen going through the ashes with a stick while her children are running around the house.
 ==Film adaptations==
-film ''[[Sofka]]'' by Radoš Novaković and starring Vera Gregović is the first cinematic adaptation of the novel. In 1991, it was made into a film starring Maja Stojanović and released in 1997 as ''[[Impure Blood (film)|Impure Blood]]''. A [[miniseries]] related to this adaptation and titled ''Tajna nečiste krvi'' was aired in 2012.
+film ''[[Sofka]]'' by Radoš Novaković and starring Vera Gregović is the first cinematic adaptation of the novel. In 1991, it was made into a film starring Maja Stojanović and released in 1997 as ''[[Impure Blood (film)|Impure Blood]]''. A [[miniseries]] related to this adaptation and titled ''Tajna nečiste krvi'' was aired in 2012. A prequel film, titled ''Impure Blood: The Ancestral Sin'', was released on August 26, 2021.
+{{Authority control}}
 [[Category:1910 novels]]
-[[Category:Serbian novels]]
+[[Category:Serbian novels adapted into films]]
+[[Category:Serbia in fiction]]
+[[Category:Novels set in Serbia]]