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in vzpona češke historiografije po koncu komu- Authorial textual competence and perfor-
nizma, vednostno pa se navezuje na mesto, kjer mance strike me as a timber assortment. An
je končal František Šmahel s svojo impresivno editor, through experience, reads manuscripts
tetralogijo Husitská revoluce (1993). Doslej je bila varying in quality between two extremes: candi-
natisnjena v nekaj deset tisoč izvodih, leta 2020 dature for a literary award and appropriateness
pa je osvojila prestižno češko književno nagrado for permanent filing in the ‘round folder’-the
Magnesia Litera in postala »knjiga leta 2020«. bin, just as master carpenters identify a spectrum
Deležna je bila številnih pritrjujočih kritiških from the rarest acoustic wood to wood waste.
odzivov v laični in strokovni javnosti, eden od Exceptional, great writers are as uncommon
dosedanjih ocenjevalcev pa je zapisal (Kosatík as acoustic spruce. The sort from which only the
2020): »Kdor jo prebere, tvega, da se bo z avtor- most skilled Cremonese luthier can draw a heav-
jevo avtentičnostjo in hkrati iskrivo ustvarjalno enly sound. Delicate yet strong, firm yet flexi-
energijo okužil.« ble, flexible yet unerringly exact and reactive. 179
Za zaključek si dovolim še osebno remini- Balanced, perfect, free of cracks, rot, worms, or
scenco. Kot profesionalni urednik, do nedavna knots. A magnificent work of God that sings
desetletje in pol glavni urednik univerzitetne za- even when a forester only taps the living tree
ložbe, sem imel v zadnjih skoraj treh desetletjih, with an axe, causing tears to the eyes since it
kar se pečam s tem poklicem, z avtorji in njiho- must fall under the blade.
vimi besedili številne, snovno, tekstno in osebno Such writers are very uncommon. An ed-
zelo raznovrstne poklicne izkušnje. itor usually sees them only a handful of times
Zato menim, da je mogoče avtorsko tekstno in a lifetime – if he/she is trully blessed. Writ-
kompetenco in performanco primerjati lesnemu ing nearly entirely in their native language, they
asortimentu. Podobno kot lesarski mojstri pre- perfect it as Paganini did his violin or Liszt his
poznajo vso pahljačo od najredkejšega akustič- piano. No language subtleties are beyond them.
nega lesa do lesnih odpadkov, tako tudi urednik Though they are seldom completely happy with
skozi prakso prebere rokopise, ki se po kakovo- it, viewing it as an unfinished work, they submit
sti besedila gibljejo med dvema ekstremoma: manuscripts free of typographical, orthograph-
med kandidaturo za literarno nagrado in med ic, morphological, stylistic, or other errors and
primernostjo le za trajno umestitev izključno v unjustified textual digressions, written in stand- Niti črno niti belo, temveč barvito! • Not Black or White, but Vibrantly Coloured!
»okroglo mapo« – koš. ard language with a unique, recognisable autho-
Najboljši, izborni avtorji so tako redki kot rial style. Their academic background and long-
akustična smrekovina. Taka, iz katere le najspret- term, intentional textual practice at the highest
nejši cremonski mojster goslar izvabi Božji glas. level turn them linguistic experts in their crea-
Tako izbrana, da je Antonio Stadivari zmogel iz tive language, so they hardly need a proofreader,
nje skreirati Heifetzovega Delfina, pa Auerja, pa editor, or redactor, least of all to punctuate, cor-
Joachima, pa Hubermana-Kreislerja, pa Tyrella rect case forms, or technically format references.
... Nežna, pa hkrati čvrsta. Čvrsta, toda prožna. They completely understand that the core
Prožna, ampak v isti sapi nezmotljivo natančno of being and doing is communication, that the
toga. Trdna, vendar odzivna. Izenačena, brez boundaries of human communicative capac-
napak, razpok, gnilobe, črvov in grč. Veličastno ity define not only existence but also the range
Božje delo, ki zapoje že tedaj, ko drvar samo po- and quality of existence, and that these bound-
trka s toporom po živem drevesu, in taka, ob ka- aries lie exactly where an individual’s linguistic
teri pridejo solze na oko, ker mora nekje na Jelo- and expressive skills stop. Still, as the first know-
vici pasti pod sekiro. ledgeable and critical reader, they want a redac-
Avtorji take kakovosti so izjemno red- tor or editor for oversights, a litmus test for how
ki. Urednik jih praviloma sreča le nekajkrat ambiguous sections could be read. Every book