wife Vera Korać, Blanki and Marko's daughter Risto Korać, one of Marko's brothers Pero Korać, one of Marko's brothers Saveta Primorac, Marko's sister Jovo Primorac, Saveta's husband Ana Primorac, one of two Saveta and Jovo's daughters Jelena Primorac, one of two Saveta and Jovo's daughters Toma, a Serbian peasant who shelters Riki Spasenija, Toma's wife Mrs. Ninković, a frequent shopper in Nina's hat boutique who likes gossiping Jewish characters Danijel Papo, Buka's husband and the father of her sons Leon and Koki Zdenka Vajs, an Ashkenazi Jew, Atleta's wife Leon Papo, Buka and Danijel's elder son, named after his maternal grandfather Barkohba "Koki" Papo, Buka and Danijel's younger son Other characters Ivo Valić, a Catholic Croat, Klara's husband Didi Valić, Klara and Ivo's daughter Pol Valić, Klara and Ivo's son Cliff Morton, an American soldier and Didi's husband Grethen, a rich Austrian girl and Blanki's good friend from school Carl Raimund, the agent of a ballet school from Vienna Dragu, a ballet dancer and Riki's friend Mr. Panzini, an Italian rich man who fancies Blanki Sister Agata, a nun in the convent where Buka dies Structure and language The Scent of Rain in the Balkans is written in Serbo-Croatian language, with some parts in Ladino, the language of Sephardi. It is divided in thirteen parts — 28 June 1914 (28. jun 1914), A Flight to Unknown (Let u nepoznato), Linden, the Tree of Old Slavs (Lipa, drvo starih Slovena), Time for Decisions (Vreme za odluke), Toboggan (Tobogan), When a Day Turns Cold and the Shadows Are Gone (Kad zahladni dan i senke odu), The End of One Age (Kraj jednog vremena), A Critic Point (Kritična tačka), Runaways (Bežanja), Paper Jesters (Papirni pajaci), A New Life (Novi život), Lasting (Trajanje) and Epilogue (Epilog). Awards 1986 — Association of Jewish Communities in Yugoslavia Award for Novel of the Year Adaptations In 1992, ballet by Croatian composer Igor Kuljerić The Scent of Rain in the Balkans – a Ballet for Riki premiered in Sarajevo, and then a week after in Belgrade. In 2009, screenwriter Nebojša Romčević wrote a stage adaptation of the novel that premiered on 12 April 2009 in the Madlenianum Opera and Theatre, starring Sloboda Mićalović and Vuk Kostić. In 2010, Ljubiša Samardžić directed the television adaptation of the novel, which was shown on the RTS. References External links Official Website of Gordana Kuić 1986 novels Historical novels Novels set in