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This is one of the first synthetic analyses of the so-called Croatian fantasy generation (or "Borgesians", "young prose" with elements of fantasy) that appeared in the late 1960s and during the 1970s.
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Ranko Marinković's birth, Pavao Pavličić, who has been studying the author's work for years, has prepared a book of studies and essays dedicated to this classic of Croatian literature.
Žmegač does not only talk about the visual arts, but about the "spirit" of the era that permeates literature: sensuality, the moment, subjectivity, decorativeness, eroticism, decadence, but also the crisis of identity in the fin-de-siècle atmosphere.
The first third of the book provides reviews of Russian literature (Chekhov, Ljeskov, Pushkin...). The second chapter deals with world literature (Balzac, Stendhal, Roland...), and the third chapter contains general articles.
The book brings a selection of literary conversations with prominent Croatian poets and writers who began their creative work in different periods.
Unfortunately, over time, art (especially literature), at least in European history, became a separate sphere of cultural life, separated both from religion and from the world of ethical (humane) values.