Voranc is a poetic drama in which Dane Zajc portrays the devastation of Slovenian rural life brought about by the Second World War. A backbreaking idyllic pre-war existence descends into a relentless pursuit: a father hunts down his own son, who has stolen a horse in an attempt to escape. The fraught father–son relationship forms the fulcrum of the play. The ramshackle farm and the harsh, monotonous labour offer young Jernej no future. Drawn instead to the valley, a world of promise, freedom, and adventure, he seeks to flee both his home and the German-occupied Moravče region in March 1944, crossing the Sava River. He leaves behind his parents, trapped in a world haunted by the voices of their ancestors and a curse that reverberates through the walls of their home. True to Zajc’s style, the unnamed figure who haunts the play is untamed and unyielding nature, a silent witness to the tragic course of human fate.