The very title of the novel tells us how Kozarac was preoccupied with the uncultivated, dead land that is waiting for a man, a hardworking peasant, who will cultivate it.
Mladost, 1961.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback with dust jacket.
Books like this one warn us that the classic fairy tale models are still not completely exhausted and that they can serve as a starting point for modern stories that will find their readers among the children of the virtual generation.