The novel is based on true events recounted to the author by Barbara H., with the circumstances and names changed to protect her identity. The story is simply written, yet deeply moving, exploring themes of love, loss, and courage.
Otokar Keršovani, 1981.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
The selection of titles of selected high school reading offered in this way is threefold in its thematic focus, which is seen in Proust in the old world, in Sholokhov in the new life, and in Kafka in the unreliable sign of man.