Social literature

Opustošena zemlja

Orao i zmija

The Eagle and the Serpent depicts the author's experiences during the Mexican Revolution. Through encounters with revolutionary leaders and the events of the war, the narrator discovers the ideals, conflicts, and disappointments of the revolution.

Otpadnik

The novel The Apostate by Russian author Vladimir Lidin, published in 1934 in Zagreb in the translation by Iso Velikanović, presents a powerful psychological and moral drama set in the student milieu of Soviet Russia.

Otrovana srca / Pobijeljeni grobovi

One of the most prolific Croatian realists and early naturalists with a strong right-wing orientation, in this book he brings together two stories from the Zagreb bourgeois milieu: Poisoned Hearts (1890) and Whitened Graves (1896).

Panoptikum

A powerful debut novel about fifteen-year-old Anais in a closed juvenile detention center. A poignant story of trauma, resistance, surveillance, and the search for identity in a system that destroys.

Patnici: drama u 3 čina / Krštenje u dobroj volji: komedija u 1 činu

Two plays by Josip Selak (J. S. Savinski) – a serious portrayal of suffering in three acts and a humorous one-act play about good intentions and intrigue. Works by a lesser-known Croatian playwright and businessman from the early 20th century.

Patriot

The Patriot (1928) is a novel by Upton Sinclair that explores themes of political idealism, corruption, and the struggle for justice in America during the turbulent social and political turmoil of the early 20th century.

Pečenjarnica / Bogovi žeđaju

In the novels The Oven and Gods Thirst, Anatole France shows the path from reason and humanism to fanaticism, criticizing social prejudices, dogmatism and abuse of power.

Pelle osvajač

The novel by Danish writer Martin Andersen Nexø is a monumental work that follows the life of Pelle Karlsson, a poor Swedish boy who migrates with his father Lasse to the Danish island of Bornholm in search of a better life.

Plači, voljena zemljo

Weep, Beloved Land by Alan Paton is a moving novel about a father searching for his son in racially divided South Africa. The story explores injustice, forgiveness, faith and hope for reconciliation.