Vitezović's aphorisms suggest a double reception to the modern reader in a certain, sensitive way.
They should be read in the time when they were written and now, so to speak, timeless, when the so-called reality surpassed and rhymed with many "harsh words" with its original satire.
"Blefsikon: The Internet" by Robert Ainsley is a humorous handbook that humorously deciphers technical terminology related to the Internet and computer technology.
Mozaik knjiga, 1996.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
3.24 €
Humor and Satire • Columns and essays • Croatian literature
Ready for Europe by Arijana Čulina is a collection of satirical columns that humorously dissect Croatian society and its absurd political and cultural phenomena in the context of preparations for entry into the European Union.
Slobodna Dalmacija, 2004.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
3.62 - 3.74 €
Humor and Satire • Aphorisms and jokes • Horoscopes and dream books
Dead Souls (1842) is a brilliant satire that exposes the moral and social rot of imperial Russia through Chichikov's fraud with dead serfs, with Gogol's virtuoso mix of humor, irony and lyricism.