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.
This is an accusation, a slander, a personal insult. This is not a book, in the ordinary sense of the word. No, this is a continuous insult, a spit in the face of Art, a foot in the tur against God, Man, Fate, Time, Love, Beauty...whatever you want.
Sveučilišna naklada Liber (SNL), 1981.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
6.30 - 7.56 €
Detective Stories • Novel • American literature • Thriller
The novel That Sweet Nausea (1960) delves into the dark depths of obsession and duality. Highsmith masterfully dissects the boundaries between love and madness, creating a tense portrait of a man trapped in his own lies, where illusion crumbles under the
Pegaz, 1997.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
3.48 €
Novel • British literature • Romance Novels • Social literature
The novel Shirley (1849) is Charlotte Brontë's second social novel after Jane Eyre, depicting the industrial crisis caused by the Napoleonic Wars and the blockade of trade, where machines replace workers, causing discontent and violence.
Matica hrvatska, 1974.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.