
Forum 1995/9-10
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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.
Kajkava's collection "In sun and shadow" was published in 1927 in a luxurious calligraphic edition and contains several anthology songs that are extremely popular to this day (Kaj, Fala).
Another of Marija Jurić Zagorka's notable extensive historical romances, ``Jadranka'' is set in the middle of the 19th century, in the era of Bach's absolutism, a political storm that advocated Germanization and centralization in the Habsburg Monarchy.
This very prolific Croatian writer has treated a rare topic in domestic literature in an attractive way, sufficiently entering the world he is addressing and empathetically defining himself towards his characters.
The work is based on the author's personal experiences as a lawyer in the provinces, mostly in the town of Jastrebarsko, which he calls Žabarje.