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.
As in Velikić's previous novels, the heroes weave analogous and often intertwined destinies of frustrated Central European citizens and intellectuals, the topography is very diverse, but also recognizable.
The essays collected in this book reveal the origins and meanders of Sanja Lovrenčić's years-long search for the authentic character of Ivana Brlić Mažuranić.
Mala zvona, 2024.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
12.98 €
Literature for children • School reading • Teen Novels • Psychological novel • Russian literature
Childhood (1852) is the first book of an autobiographical trilogy (with Adolescence and Youth), where Tolstoy explores the world of childhood through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy, Nikolinka Irtenjev – innocence, joys, sorrows and first traumas.
Svjetlost, 1971.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
6.54 €
A philosophical novel • Detective Stories • Psychological novel • Serbian literature • Thriller
The novel by Serbian-Canadian author Božidar D. Benedict (film director and author of 36 bestsellers) is a pioneering example of the "religious thriller" – a genre invented by Benedict, where instead of spies, invisible agents of God and Satan fight for h
Stari grad, 2000.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
9.226.48 - 9.267.39 €
Francuska književnost • Psychological novel
André Maurois, a French writer known for his psychological novels and biographies, explores themes of family relationships, love, and internal conflicts in this work, which is characteristic of his style.