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This popular reading edition of Zagrebačka stvarnosti brings a selection of the most entertaining and famous Croatian folk humorous stories - those that have been told by the hearth for centuries, and today are part of the required reading for elementary
"For the Cow" by Jindřich Šimon Baar is a short story about a boy who feels a deep attachment to his cow and, despite poverty and environmental pressures, demonstrates selflessness, responsibility, and moral strength.
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.
A cultural essay and guidebook, a humorous tale of cuisine with historiosophical reflections, spiced with brilliant humor and self-irony.
The collection "Spring in Badrovac" (published in Belgrade in 1955 by Prosveta, reprinted in Zagreb by SKD Prosvjeta in 2019) brings together short stories written by Desnica in the 1950s, focused on a Dalmatian village in post-war chaos.