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Devils Are Coming is one of the most memorable novels by Miodrag Bulatović, published in the early 1950s, which established the author as an exceptionally original voice of modern Serbian and Montenegrin literature. The novel is an allegorical, grotesque and psychologically complex work in which reality and phantasmagoria constantly intertwine, creating the atmosphere of a hallucinatory, almost apocalyptic world.

The plot is set in a Balkan village devastated by war and poverty, where, on the eve of great historical and spiritual upheavals, “devils” appear – not as supernatural beings, but as symbols of human depravity, fear and madness. Through a series of characters who lose touch with reason, Bulatović shows how moral boundaries are erased in times of evil, and how everyone carries their own share of darkness within themselves.

The style of the novel is marked by poetic tension, expressionistic images, bold metaphors and black humor. Bulatović's language pulsates between visionary lyricism and brutal realism, creating a unique artistic blend that unsettles and enchants the reader.

Thematically, the novel examines the boundary between good and evil, madness and reason, creating a panorama of a world in which "devils" are no longer demons from legends, but people who have lost faith, meaning and humanity. The Devils Are Coming remains one of the key works of modernist prose and a symbol of Bulatović's obsessive theme - the tragic, but also grotesque nature of man.