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The novel Stari dečki by Zvonimir Majdak, published in 1975, is a sequel to the cult novel Kužiš, stari moj and is part of his "prose in jeans", which is characterized by relaxed, Zagreb jargon mixed with a semi-Kajkavian style.
The novel follows a doctor, Dr. van der Biltz, whose peaceful life changes when he meets a young, unpredictable and morally free girl, which plunges him into emotional chaos and a questioning of his own values.
The Great Hall follows an elderly woman placed in a nursing home, where she observes her own decline, loneliness, and the fragility of human dignity through silent, painful, and sometimes ironic scenes.
In her book "The Exile," Pearl S. Buck writes a poignant biography of her mother, Caroline Sydenstricker - an American who went to China as a young missionary, where she spent a life full of suffering, loss, and feelings of complete alienation.