A collection of stories with peasant themes, selected by Franček Bohanec.
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The eleventh volume of the first edition of Matoš's collected works brings together stories and impressions that vividly illustrate the author's lyrical prose, psychological insight, and impressive descriptions of people, landscapes, and cities.
In the collection The Death of Peter Esterhazy - Six Stories about Death, Mirko Ćurić, through six prose pieces, connects the theme of dying with human transience, memory, and the attempt to find meaning in the end of life.
Prijan Lovro by August Šenoa is a story about a gifted but unhappy young man whose poverty, social circumstances, and disappointments gradually lead him towards a breakdown in life and a tragic fate.
The Enchanted Mirror is a psychological novella by Fran Galović about a young intellectual torn between reality and his own perceptions. The motif of the mirror becomes a symbol of self-knowledge, illusion, and spiritual disintegration.
Baron Ivica depicts the disintegration of a peasant cooperative after the abolition of serfdom. Baron Ivica, a frivolous nobleman, exploits the peasants, leading to their moral and material decline. Šenoa criticizes the transitional society.
"Bura" (1928) is a collection of short stories by Ferdo Čulinović. Realistic stories inspired by the author's experience as a judge, with themes of social injustice, the common man, and turbulent social conditions in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, Slovenes