Publisher about the book:
May, November, Drago Jančar's tenth novel, begins as a joke, continues as irony and satire, and eventually begins to raise deeper questions about the life of young Ciril Kraljevič and the world he lives in. In a few months, the final chapters of his attempts to find his place under the sun and set a meaningful life goal unfold, moving elusively between the extreme poles of lofty dreams of art and love and the banal, even brutal everyday life in which one must above all survive. During a short journey through society, where all the great stories have already been completed and only the sharp edges of ascension and acquisitiveness remain behind them, his desire for a full and meaningful life turns into a wandering search for identity and increasingly lost illusions. The bitterness of a meaningless misunderstanding with the world slowly settles into the still youthful serenity. The young hero of the novel transforms from a protagonist who wanted to impress his unique and unrepeatable image on the world, into a helpless marginal observer. And every step forward is also a step back, perhaps even a step downward, along with a society sinking into its swampy existence.