From the first book of Pavlicic (1972), the readers recognized the author's native Vukovar as the place where his tales and novels happened. In Diksilend (1995), that city was first named. The action covers a range of thirty years, from the spring of 1960 until November 1991. The story follows the fate of seven friends and their efforts to form the diksilend ensemble, explains the reasons for their association with the music teacher, Professor Angelus, and guides the legends of some instruments.