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The novel of the most famous Bosnian-Croatian writer came out in 2016. Єрґович, who often delves into the history of the Balkan countries, in this book he tells about the Polish retired professor Tomasz Mieroszewski. In order to ease the life of his son, who is ill with tuberculosis of the skeletons, they go from Krakow to a hotel in the mountains on the coast of the Adriaatic Sea. Such is the plot, but it is clear that there are sensitivities that the reader is able to hear behind, at first glance, a simple story about a certain day and the people in it. Vlasne, about the time of the novel's events. It is 1938, and therefore in the book, although not directly, but very sensitively about the approaching war. When the professor and his son, his teacher, governess and a few other helpers visit small urban villages, their delegation is perceived as a supporter of the devil - Karadjoz.

How can you find something good? However, even in the atmosphere of approaching apocalypse there will always be a place for love: the first child's or already old people's - it does not matter. Єрґович writes about the feeling subtly, with a certain caution, so as not to make his own heroes look bad. So the writer turns to one of the most pressing themes of his creative work - the relationship between father and son. And who is Villimovskiy? The legendary footballer who scored four goals for the Brazilians in the 1938 World Cup with the Polish national team. And he has an important role in the book, which we will not disclose, preserving the intrigue.