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The novel is based on the writer's experiences in Shanghai during World War II and in the Civilian Collection Center in Lunghua, where he was interned from 1942 to 1945. Steven Spielberg made a film of the same name based on the script by Tom Stoppard.
The novel is woven from memories of youth, with a refreshing recollection of events as if they happened yesterday.
It is a lyrically intoned work that combines elements of a romance novel, psychological drama, and social criticism, set in the contemporary urban milieu of Zagreb in the 1970s and early 1980s.