About the book: 1980 / The novel by the modern Yugoslav writer Yara Ribnikar “Jan of Nepomuk” (1969) tells about the fate of the artistic intelligentsia during the years of the revolutionary breakdown of society. The novel reflects the biography of the writer’s father, a prominent pianist and teacher E. Ya. Gaek, one of the founders of Soviet musical education in Saratov, where he worked for several years.