Synopsis
Philip, the protagonist, is a troubled and disillusioned intellectual who hopes that his return home will inspire him to create a perfect work of art, and thereby transform his life. The Croatian Miroslav Krleza was born in 1893. After fighting in the Great War he changed from an idealistic lyricist enchanted with life and nature to an embittered and pessimistic individual. He was among the most neglected of the world's great writers..."ANTIOCH REVIEW"
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From the Back Cover
Philip Latinowics is a successful but disillusioned painter who returns to his hometown on Croatia's Danubian plain after an absence of twenty-three years. He hopes that revisiting his cultural roots will inspire him to create the perfect work of art and thereby restore his faint in both art and life. Haunted by his troubled childhood, however, he falls in with shady characters and discovers the emotional, intellectual, and imaginative poverty of his background.
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