: Pay attention to how Crnjanski describes sounds and smells; the book is highly atmospheric.
"Jesen, i život bez smisla." ( Autumn, and life without meaning. )
: These colors dominate the text. White represents the purity of snow and the "nothingness" of death; blue represents the distant, unattainable sky and the sea.
: Petar Rajić is an alter-ego for Crnjanski. He is a cynical intellectual who spent the war in Galicia.