The main character is the brave and good giant Jože, "strong as a bull, with a bushy head", who lives in the vicinity of the Istrian town of Motovun. The book was created on the basis of folk stories and folklore motifs.
Veli Jože is a literary work by the Croatian writer Vladimir Nazor from 1908.
Young partisans, Dječak and Goli travel together towards the partisan headquarters. Hungry and exhausted, they pass through desolate, burnt villages, encountering many dead typhus patients and only the occasional old woman or man.