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The novel gives a cross-section of family relationships in the writer's time. Many men have cheated on their wives in order to enjoy some pleasures for one night. They had no idea that their wives had psychological trauma because of it.
Another of Marija Jurić Zagorka's notable extensive historical romances, ``Jadranka'' is set in the middle of the 19th century, in the era of Bach's absolutism, a political storm that advocated Germanization and centralization in the Habsburg Monarchy.
She is a lower virgin and a harlot, and a faithful wife and an adulteress, and an angel and Satan. This is a portrait of a lady who, doing evil to others, did evil to herself.
In his stories, the author intertwines real city toponyms and supernatural phenomena with motifs from Meyrink's mystical novels about Prague and magical realism of the Borges type.
The main character, Ivan, explores his roots and family history. Through his travels and encounters with different people, the novel explores themes of identity, belonging, love and the past.