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A mix of travelogue, history, science and sharp humor – the book shows why Australia is one of the most unusual and dangerous continents in the world, yet fascinating and appealing at the same time.
The book consists of a foreword by Prof. Dr. Hrvoje Jurić, 9 essays, 10 travelogues, 9 essays, and 3 completed correspondences with poet Vesna Parun, editor Jože Pogačnik, and poet Boris A. Novak.
The book contains three Latin reports by the Croatian Jesuit, nobleman and explorer Ivan Rattkay (Ratkaj, 1647–1683), born in Ptuj (today Slovenia), sent to the provincial of the Austro-Czech Jesuit province from the mission in northern Mexico.
Two masterpieces of travel prose in which D. H. Lawrence records encounters with Mexican nature and Native American rituals, as well as Etruscan tombs and art, contrasting them with modern mechanical civilization.
"Paths, faces, landscapes" is a collection of essays and writings by Ivo Andrić, first published in 1963. This work differs from Andrić's fiction because it deals with philosophical, introspective and autobiographical considerations.
The book is a travelogue-reportage work by the "crazy reporter" Egon Ervin Kisch, which presents impressive accounts of China in the turbulent period of the 20th century.