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.
These stories deal with different topics, although most deal with different criminal acts, from fraud and fortune-telling to marriage fraud and murder.
The debut work of Croatian writer Tomislav Šovagović, awarded the Josip and Ivan Kozarac Award in 2012, is a dedication to Slavonia – the region of his childhood that the author, born in Dalmatia, observes with foreign but tender eyes.
Mozaik knjiga, 20112.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
11.568.09 €
Bosnian literature • Essays and diaries • Croatian literature • Poems in prose • Novel
The hybrid book – a novel, poem and essay in one – is a dedication to his native Varcar, a small village in central Bosnia, where the author's roots intertwine with the history, myth and chaos of the 20th century.
Fraktura, 2016.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
14.42 €
Historical novel • A war novel • Novel • Serbian literature
Deobe is a novel about the tragic division of Serbs into Chetniks and Partisans during World War II. Winner of the NIN Award, it is part of a wider epic trilogy, inspired by Ćosić's experiences and historical documents.
Prosveta, 1963.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
The novel "Usta puna zemlje" (1970), the masterpiece of the Serbian writer Branimir Šćepanović, is a psychologically in-depth explorer of the limits of the human soul, solitude and existential freedom, reminiscent of Kafka and Camus.