Chapter 7. Ćosić and Popović Return to Serbia

The 1970s were a barren and lonely time for Serbian intellectuals and cultural figures. The Letter spelled the end of their real or even imagined participation in Yugoslav political life. The 1974 Constitution, many believed, purposefully spited Serbian interests. Yet, notwithstanding the closing of virtually all avenues for intellectual engagement, Dobrica Ćosić and Mića Popović produced their most important work in these years. They did so as much of the Serbian cultural elite sullenly with.