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"Tales from Long Ago" is Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić's most famous work, translated into about forty languages. With them, Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić gained worldwide fame, was nominated twice for the Andersen Award, and has since been called the Croatian Andersen.
The collection of short stories shows the horrors of war, moral dilemmas and psychological conditions of soldiers in Montenegro. Lalić masterfully portrays human suffering, resistance and struggle for survival in the whirlwind of war.
In the story The Happy Cricket, a cheerful cricket lives carefree, happy in song and play, while hardworking ants remind him to work. The story teaches that true wealth lies in cheerfulness, joy, and an honest outlook on life.