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: While staying with his friend Don Špiro, a local priest, Krsto discovers a hidden manuscript in an old chest.

💡 : The novel is often taught in Croatian high schools as a way to make classical baroque literature more accessible and engaging to modern readers.

: The manuscript contains the "lost" 14th and 15th cantos of Ivan Gundulić’s 17th-century baroque epic, Osman . koraljna vrata

: Krsto accidentally discovers that the paper of these lost cantos, when ground into powder, has miraculous healing properties—curing all diseases and even seemingly reversing death.

: Various characters who represent the human reaction to the miraculous "cure" and the eventual chaos it brings. 🎓 Reading Guide for Students : While staying with his friend Don Špiro,

The story follows , a 33-year-old philologist who travels to the remote island of Lastovo in early 1989.

: As the islanders begin to be healed, the world starts to change. Krsto must decide between preserving a literary masterpiece and utilizing a universal cure that removes suffering but potentially strips life of its meaning. 🧩 Key Themes & Elements : Krsto accidentally discovers that the paper of

: While rooted in realism, the story incorporates elements of the supernatural and the investigative style of a crime novel.