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Kolja Mićević, a poet and translator of great reputation, created an unspecified genre, but challenging and beautifully written essayistic prose in which he talks about his spiritual, intellectual and life experiences.
Written on the basis of the most contemporary achievements of modern literary theory and criticism, this book is not only a living theory of literature, but also a critical anthology of literary theories.
At a time when Croatian writers abroad were often presented only as "Yugoslav", this lexicon clearly and systematically presented Croatian literature as a separate national literature for the first time after World War II.
Simply and without mystification, Pavličić reveals the secrets of his craft, which, revealed in this way, will perhaps help some to try their hand at writing.
The first third of the book provides reviews of Russian literature (Chekhov, Ljeskov, Pushkin...). The second chapter deals with world literature (Balzac, Stendhal, Roland...), and the third chapter contains general articles.
Žmegač does not only talk about the visual arts, but about the "spirit" of the era that permeates literature: sensuality, the moment, subjectivity, decorativeness, eroticism, decadence, but also the crisis of identity in the fin-de-siècle atmosphere.