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Central European University Press
In this novel, written by the esteemed novelist in 1901, a provincial composer and organist from Croatia struggles to find his way along the perilous frontier between the worlds of artistic vocation and humdrum family life. The local kapellmeister—-a Czech, in good Habsburg tradition, and a confidant of Gaj and Palacky, influential politicians of the time—-recognizes young Amadej Zlatanic as a... Read more
Translator’s Preface, Introduction, PART ONE, PART TWO, PART THREE, Afterword
Biography
Vjenceslav Novak (1859–1905) was a Croatian realist writer and dramatist, author of modern psychological poetry with occult themes.
John K. Cox is professor at North Dakota State University in Fargo.
