White Ravens’99/Croatia/68151
Gardaš, Anto (text) 
 Prstec, Zeljko (illus.)
 Damjanovo jezero
 (Damjan’s lake)
 Zagreb: Znaje, 1998. 159pp
 ISBN 953-6473-57-7
 Croatia/Folktales
 The writings of Croatia’s popular children’s and young adult author Anto Gardaš (*1938) contain both
 realistic and fantastic elements and the makes use of both myths and science fiction. In Croatia his thrilling
 children’s adventure novels which deal with ecology and environmental protection are especially popular.
 In this book he tries his hand at folktales, drawing on the themes, style and psychological background of
 southern Slavic folktale traditions. Once again he succeeds in building up tension in the plot and lacing his
 text with a delicate irony. (9+)

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