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The novel is a kaleidoscopic, polyphonic account of the life of Gerda Taro (née Gerda Pohorylle, 1910–1937), the first female war photographer to die on the battlefield. A must-read for fans of historical fiction about strong women and anti-fascism.
She was born in the fabled Tang Dynasty in the seventh century. She grew up on the banks of the Long River, where she learned to tame horses. She entered the imperial gynaecology, where ten thousand concubines lived.
In the novel In Search of Cain and Abel, Roman Pavić follows surgeon Ivan Mandić in his search for a painting by Celestin Medović, revealing the fate of lawyer Niko Andrijašević and the history of these areas through wars and tragedies.
Prvi dio Kurlanske trilogije, roman podijeljen u tri dijela: "Karneval", "Procesija" i "Legenda". Radnja u izmišljenom selu Kurlani blizu Sinja (Cetinska krajina, 1930-ih), među zavađenom braćom Gornjim i Donjim Kurlanima.
Mirni Amerikanac (1955.) smješten je u Vijetnam 1950-ih, tijekom francuske kolonijalne borbe protiv pobunjenika. Kroz atmosferu Sajgona, Greene stvara napetu priču o ljubavi i političkim intrigama, uz snažnu kritiku Vijetnamskog rata i šire geopolitike.
„Jadranka 1-7“ je zbirka sedam povijesnih romana Marije Jurić Zagorke, objavljena pod zajedničkim naslovom 1977. godine. Serijal spaja avanturu, ljubav i nacionalne motive u hrvatskoj prošlosti, od srednjeg vijeka do 19. stoljeća.