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.
Bohumil Hrabal, a Czech writer known for his lyrical grotesque and humor, in his novel The Town Where Time Stood Still evokes childhood in the small town of Libeň (part of Prague), where time seems to stand still in a magical but melancholic world.
Hena Com, 2006.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
7.625.72 €
American literature • Humor and Satire • Romance Novels • Novel
Melanie Gideon, an American writer known for her humorous novels about family dynamics, dissects the monotony of marriage in the age of social media in The Marriage Trap (2012).
Algoritam, 2013.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
7.36 €
Croatian literature • Humor and Satire • Short stories
Women, Fairy Tales, Queens – is the first in a series of story collections intended for an adult audience in which nine Croatian female writers decided to give voice to female characters from fairy tales.
The League of Fishermen brings together everything that makes us read Marija Andrijašević: complex characters, flexible and sumptuous language, convincing dialogues and stories that will hook you with discreet humor.