Sveti boj

Radovan Podolni, a doctoral student of history, sets off on the instructions of his mentor, the eminent professor Below, for a former war zone, where he is to study archives and explore the border fortresses. The apparently clear task of uncovering the objective truth about the past becomes more obscure and more dangerous with every step. His scholarly view breaks under the weight of dreams and chance events; he drifts from one smoky tavern to the next in a rain-soaked riverside town, is seen as a stranger in a world divided into ours and theirs, and comes to feel that the war is not really over. The spirit of those killed on the battlefield, which the novel calls the zduh, still lives and passes its energy on to the survivors.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

315 pages in the original

Genres

War (assigned by AI)

First published

2017 by Beletrina

Author's age

59 when first published

ISBN

9789612842864 (original)