 The novel was published under a pseudonym by the publishing house "Slovenska matica" in 1938 and soon became a best-seller.The term "Čedermac" is still used in Slovene to refer to the Roman Catholic clergy in the Slovene Littoral that struggled to defend the Slovene identity of their flock under the Italian Fascist regime.Later in his life, Bevk devoted himself largely to children's literature.