Misteriozni lik koji otkriva Ilijinu pravu istinu, simbol istorijskog pamćenja i moralnog kompasa.

On Orthodox Christmas Eve, a paramilitary unit composed of Muslim neighbors attacks the Serbian Jugović household, slaughtering everyone except a newborn infant.

Years later, during the Bosnian War, Alija participates in the ethnic cleansing of a Serbian village. However, fate takes a tragic turn when he kills a man—only to discover through a birthmark and a hidden krstac (small cross) that the man was his biological twin brother, Ilija.

Glavni junak koji prolazi kroz stravičnu unutrašnju borbu nakon saznanja o svom stvarnom poreklu.

, originally published in 1982. It is considered one of the most controversial and influential works in modern Serbian literature, later adapted into a popular Plot Summary