This collection includes stories such as "The Beautiful Empire", "The Easy Sin", "The King's Alms", "The Devil's Heir", "The Marshal" and "The Three Scribes of St.
The book contains about twenty stories connected into one whole by the main character (the writer Oskar). It is, therefore, a kind of novel that, through intimate confessions, actually talks about the loneliness of the modern intellectual.
An anthology of short love stories from world literature, selected for a wide audience in socialist Yugoslavia. Hadžić's selection highlights quality and diversity, making it a valuable example of Yugoslav popular literature.