The Jewel in the Crown is a 1966 novel by Paul Scott that begins his Paradise Quartet. The Quartet novel sequence in four volumes is set in the last days of British rule in India during World War II.
Pavao Šegota, a gifted young man from a poor Podgora region, goes to study in Prague. The novel follows his struggle with his new surroundings, love, poverty and disappointments. A realistic portrayal of the ruin of talent in a foreign land.
This book includes the most interesting excerpts from his writings, which relate to political and social events in Zagreb in the first decades of our century.
Stvarnost, 1963.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
6.20 €
Croatian literature • Psychological novel • Social literature
Under Nehaj (1892) is the second novel by Vjenceslav Novak and one of the key works of Croatian realism. In the edition edited by Slavko Ježić (the second volume of Collected Works), this "story from Senj life" provides a powerful picture of the writer's
Minerva nakladna knjižara, 1931.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
3.34 - 5.64 €
German literature • Historical novel • Psychological novel
A novel from the era of the Kulturkampf in Germany, which depicts the suffering and resistance of a Catholic chaplain in conflict with the Bismarckian persecution of the Church, religious struggle and fidelity to ideals.
Hrvatsko književno društvo Sv. Jeronima, 1928.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
11.36 €
Croatian literature • Psychological novel • Social literature
A novel by Ivan Softa about life in a Herzegovinian village during World War I. It realistically and poignantly depicts misery, hunger, disease, war mobilization, and the suffering of peasants, condemning war and social injustices.
Matica hrvatska, 1937.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
9.72 - 11.34 €
Essays and diaries • Psychological novel • Italian literature
Papini's "Gog", in the edition with an afterword by Mate Ujević, brings a provocative collection of satirical and philosophical writings that expose human weaknesses, social absurdities and the spiritual crisis of modern man.