Zajedno Sami (Together, but alone) is a novel by Marko Šelić, a Serbian author, novelist and rapper.
It starts with an ordinary man who never thought about any meaning of life. One day he went to work and while he was in a bus it got broken (how typical for Serbia). The thing he didn't know is that he was dead and that the bus was stopped between two worlds.
From that moment the true nature of people comes into foreground and everyone in the bus tells his/her story in multiple waya.
Everyone has some regrets (be it the worker, priest, politician, prostitude and many more) but once story starts unfolding it becomes way more interesting ( I won't tell you because I don't want to spoil a book).
How it influenced me? Hmm...
Although I had a great laugh reading it, that book made me rethink every action of my life and made me realize that every small action in counts in the sum of life. When you add and subtract everything, a man at the end of life is what he did to others, so do good - it was my conclusion.
Very very interesting concept. I once read a short story by S.King, settled in a outpost where a group of people didn't know they were dead and realized it progressively. I love when the borders between life and death are confused but, from your words, there's also something more. You definitely made me curious about this book and inspired in writing a Finish the Story entry with this theme.
There is definitely more to it than I can explain in one comment or post, if translation to English ever happens I'll let you know because it is absolutely worth reading!
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