A collection of stories with peasant themes, selected by Franček Bohanec.
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The book is not a novel, but a collection that mixes short stories, drama, and essay fragments, with a focus on death, power, and existential dilemmas.
The novel Youth-Foolishness (1884) depicts the lives of young people in Dalmatia at the end of the 19th century. Set in Zadar, the novel follows the fate of a young lawyer, Frano Luković, whose passionate nature and rash decisions lead to tragic consequen
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Young Edek lives with his elderly father who tries to keep his son by his side. The boy's longing for freedom and a girl clashes with his father's possessiveness. The pigeons symbolize unattainable freedom. The conflict leads to a tragic ending.
Inšalh, Madonna, Inšalah by Miljenko Jergović is a collection of stories whose richness of motifs and emotions branches out like carved ivory – in each story a story, in each destiny an entire world.
The collection leaves an impression of melancholy, but also of the quiet beauty of everyday life.