
Mrtvi kapitali
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"Dead Capitals" (1890) is one of the most important works of Croatian realism and a strong critique of the social stagnation of the time. The novel shows the economic and social neglect of Slavonian villages under the Austro-Hungarian Empire through the c
The very title of the novel tells us how Kozarac was preoccupied with the uncultivated, dead land that is waiting for a man, a hardworking peasant, who will cultivate it. He called it "dead capital".
The Town of Peyton, with its directness of narration, comprehensibility and casualness, and its revelation of truth, won over the ordinary reader, who gave it well-deserved recognition all over the world.