Barva dežja ali Pritlikavec iz kavarne Pilvax

Between the two world wars a painter from Prekmurje, Lajoš, steps off the train in Budapest and is taken in hand by Sandor, a mysterious companion who becomes a kind of guardian angel. In the Pilvax café they spend long hours among exiles, bohemians, revolutionaries and women, and there Lajoš meets Adil, who goes with him to Ljubljana, where he hopes an exhibition will earn him recognition and some money. Ljubljana proves grey, rainy and small-minded. The novel is loosely based on the life of the painter Ludvik Vrečič and follows him across Budapest, Ljubljana, Belgrade and Ankara in a turbulent era heading towards the Second World War.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

302 pages in the original

Genres

Historical (assigned by AI)

Set in

Hungary, Slovenia, 1920s–1940s

First published

2000 by Pomurska založba

Author's age

51 when first published

ISBN

9788671953375 (original)