Short stories

12 stolica

Ilja Iljf, Jevgenij Petrov

A satirical search for hidden treasure in post-revolutionary Russia. Former nobleman Ippolit Matveyevich Vorobyaninov and con artist Ostap Bender chase after valuables, exposing the greed and absurdities of Soviet society.

7 mladih

Afrička ljubičica

Eine Sammlung psychologischer Erzählungen von Grozdana Olujić aus dem Jahr 1985. Anhand von Motiven der Einsamkeit, der Sehnsucht und zwischenmenschlicher Beziehungen analysiert die Autorin einfühlsam die intimen Dramen und verdrängten Gefühle von Alltags

Alas

Značajna zbirka poezije ili proze Davora Vukovića, objavljena 2017. godine, koja – kroz motive reke, ribolova i lokalnog pejzaža – nudi intimno promišljanje o prolaznosti, tradiciji i neraskidivoj vezi između čoveka i moćne reke.

Anđeo u ofsajdu

The collection of stories Anđeo u offside received the most important Croatian literary awards and the praise of all Croatian critics, and it was in first place on the top book list for almost two years. One of the most important domestic prose books in t

Anegdote

The collection of Anecdotes (1959) by Blaž Žugić brings authentic folk jokes, humorous incidents and wisdom from Montenegrin life, portraying the spirit, mentality and tradition of that climate.

Antikvarijat

"Antikvarijat" is a collection of extremely short stories (very short stories), of the Harms type, which connect the character of a seller in an antique store.

Antologija poljske pripovijetke XX stoljeća

The anthology, edited and translated by Zdravko Malić, a leading Croatian Polish scholar and founder of the Polish Language Department at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Zagreb, represents a key selection of Polish short fiction from the 20th century.

Automat

Alberto Moravia

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.

Bregovi kao beli slonovi

Ernest Hemingway

A collection of 14 short stories by Hemingway from 1927. The stories depict men in situations of loneliness, war, sports competition, love conflicts, and facing death, including the famous story The Hills Like White Elephants.