These stories show the problems of Croatian everyday life in the 19th century - the disintegration of traditional Slavonian village life, the disappearance of rural cooperatives, the sale of land to foreigners, the departure of peasants to the city.
"Vuk na voćinskoj cesti" Anđelke Martić kratka je pripovijetka smještena u razdoblje Drugog svjetskog rata. Radnja prati dječaka Ivicu koji živi u ratom pogođenom selu.