''Požganica'' is a novel by

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n author Prežihov Voranc. It was first published in 1939, but was based on a short story first published in 1920. The author presents the work happening in

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after the

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with the

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and, consequently, the fate of the

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under

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1939 novels 20th-century Slovenian novels {{1930s-novel-stub

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