Written during a nostalgic interval during Cooper's stormy battles with the Whig Press, The Deerslayer (1841) is the last of the world-famous Leatherstocking Tales in point of composition, though first in the biographical sequence.
An intimate, autobiographical drama about fatherhood, guilt, and complex family relationships. The main character is Daniel, a middle-aged widower who is raising three children alone: twins (an older son and a daughter) and the youngest son Bruno.
The novel Hamsin 51 (1993) is one of Dragan Velikić's early highlights – a spectacular family saga and anti-war work written in the midst of the breakup of Yugoslavia, with an ending that will take place three decades later – in 2022.