Croatian literature

Kruva ti, bajo

Krvavi dani Bosne ponosne: historijski roman

The comprehensive historical novel Bloody Days of proud Bosnia is of its lexical richness, narrative dynamics and lively dialogue, and is among the best works of Croatian storytellers of the classical tradition.

Kuća ili Čovjek koji je kupovao čavle

The House is a novel about the everyday life of a small man in late socialist Yugoslavia. Through the fate of Daniel Beker and his dreams of returning to his homeland, Bauer builds a warm, humorous and bitter fresco of a time.

Kuća na suncu

"House in the Sun" by Zdenka Marković is a collection of prose poems and lyrical introspective prose. Melancholic and nostalgic images of childhood, homeland and inner world. One of the most famous works of the Croatian writer and translator.

Kuća porculanske lutke

Kuća u kojoj stanuje vrag

In The House Where the Devil Dwells, Tribuson also thematizes the time of new poverty, crazy jokes on the way to earning money, usury, jealousy, revenge, strikes, and murders.

Kukavičje jaje

The novel deals with a tragic topic – the discovery and excavation of mass graves, as well as the exhumations and painful identification of the remains of veterans and civilians after the Homeland War.

Kuma

An emotional novel by Katarina Pejaković from 2023. Through complex family relationships, secrets from the past, and godmothership, the author weaves a moving story about loyalty, forgiveness, and the power of female solidarity.

Kupi mi vilovita konja

Kurlani

The first part of the Kurlan trilogy, a novel divided into three parts: "Carnival", "Procession" and "Legend". The action takes place in the fictional village of Kurlani near Sinj (Cetinska krajina, 1930s), between the feuding brothers Gornji and Donji Ku