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"A novel that reveals to you the secrets of Mileva's heart, her thoughts and the passionate spirit of a scientist - a woman fighting for her place in the world of science ruled by men."
This is an accusation, a slander, a personal insult. This is not a book, in the ordinary sense of the word. No, this is a continuous insult, a spit in the face of Art, a kick in the ass to God, Man, Fate, Time, Love, Beauty...whatever you want.
It is about the world of our Slavonian wastelands, a microspace in which all 60 stories take place. Numerous characters are woven into these stories with their own destinies.
The novel itself is conceptually carried by a lucid comparison of Dalmatia and the Wild West: on a thematic level, cowboys are the mythical place of the childhood of the main character and her brother.
Jaromil, a young poet raised by a possessive mother, seeks a "real life" in poetry and revolution. His lyrical youth, love, and idealism lead him into conformity and betrayal of intimate relationships – he dies young and unfulfilled.
The saga of Dejan Šork's film "American-Croatian in Color" in its second part, "Venice of Death," follows the life of director Desdemona Marin, the fourth generation of a Croatian immigrant family connected by fate to film.