Ločil bom peno od valov

In Prekmurje during the First World War, Elica Sreš, a young woman of nearly twenty-three who has never wanted a man, walks among the white-clad maidens at a countess's funeral. There Ivan Spransky, twelve years older, notices her, walks her home and returns Sunday after Sunday until she falls in love. Officially he supervises the river Mura; in secret he grows rich by exploiting the gold panners and by smuggling. After the wedding they move into a large house in Murska Sobota, where Elica has to learn to be a lady. Ivan becomes ever more domineering, and rumours of an earlier wife begin to surface. The story is told in three novellas, framed by the testimony of their son.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

317 pages in the original

Genres

Love, Historical, Crime (assigned by AI)

Set in

Slovenia, 1910s

First published

2003 by Študentska založba

Author's age

44 when first published

ISBN

9789616446310 (original)

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