“Ćrtice” is a novel about Mija and her family, who experienced erasure. And no one talks about it, neither the family nor the society. Mija’s story offers insight into the other side of Slovenian independence and the dissolution of Yugoslavia, in which she humorously questions established notions of social reality. Slovenian literature gets its first treatment of the theme of erasure and the establishment of a new state from the perspective of a child, a girl (later a growing girl and adult woman), who initially doesn’t understand, but gradually comes to grasp the concepts of citizenship, borders, and why it’s important to have enough lines on the last letter of your surname.