In this novel, by the writer Bisera S. Boskailo, old folk tales from the Pester plateau come to life - presented in seven chapters of a dark family past. The journalist Seydefa is successful, but also unhappy. She originates from the plateau Peshter, which borders Serbia, Bosnia, Montenegro and Kosovo, where the ancient curse lies in her home village, and she carries the roots of this curse within herself. Seydefa's memories of the stories, full of sin, curse and love, are told by the woman who adopted her and brought her up, come to life in her and her life and she has to face her mystical family history at the top of her career... Folklore, naked life and superstition of the people of this part of the Balkans give this novel a very special poetic magical-realistic note. Place: The enchanted Peshter plateau is located in the Sandzak region, at the border area between Serbia, Bosnia, Montenegro and Kosovo.
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