Social literature

1914

The novel 1914 by Ante Neimarević is the first part of a satirical trilogy about World War I, published in 1937. The work is strongly autobiographical, as the author personally participated in the war as a member of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian infantry regi

Automat

A collection of 41 short stories: the characters act like "automatons" – mechanical, listless, incapable of authentic reaction to life's problems. Modern man alienated, trapped in routine, sex, money and passivity, without will or feelings.

Baselska zvona

The novel follows three women: Diane, a noblewoman; Catherine Simonidzé, a feminist; and the real Clara Zetkin, a communist. Through their destinies, the crisis of bourgeois society, women's emancipation, and the path to communism are depicted.

Betonski vrt

Blato

Miana Vlaović's debut novel is a story about three generations of women in a patriarchal province, filled with recurring patterns of fate - love, betrayal, poverty, violence, and small struggles for dignity.

Blizu kuće

"Close to Home" (1962) by Erskine Caldwell is a sharp, realistic novel about racism, hypocrisy, and social injustice in the American South during the era of segregation.

Buđenje

Careva Kraljevina

Čiča Goriot

Uncle Goriot is one of the most famous and important novels by Honoré de Balzac, published in 1835. It is part of his vast cycle The Human Comedy (La Comédie humaine), and is considered perhaps the most successful work in that cycle.

Čiča Tomina koliba

A novel that strongly depicts the cruelty of slavery in 19th century America and is one of the most influential works in the fight against slavery. The novel (1852) caused enormous social reactions and contributed to the strengthening of the abolitionist