Hearing in "Confessions of a Tourist", the author turned the material for conversations, conducted for the press over the years, into a fictitious hearing in which questions are asked about politics, adventures, literature, criticism...
At the heart of this fascinating multi-layered adventure novel is an authentic account of the fate of the Austro-Hungarian expedition to the North Pole in 1873.
Sipar, 2006.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
8.62 - 8.64 €
German literature • Poetry • Psychological novel
A scientific documentary novel about the discovery of radium, which tells the story of Marie and Pierre Curie, the medical revolution, but also the dark side – speculation, the fight for monopoly and the tragic consequences of radioactivity on people.
Nakladni zavod Ante Velzek, 1940.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
9.24 €
German literature • Biography • Music: Books, Sheet Music, and Magazines
Ludwig van Beethoven is a popular, accessible biography of Beethoven by German author Maria Lipsius, known under the pseudonym La Mara. Extremely rare, like all Edition Slave editions.
The Kaiser's Coolies (1930) is an anti-militarist novel by Theodor Plievier. Based on his own experience, it depicts the brutal life of ordinary sailors in the German navy during World War I and the sailors' mutiny of 1917.
Naklada Binoza, 1934.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
5.26 €
German literature • Psychological novel • Social literature
An Egyptian boy from poverty dreams of becoming a doctor ("hakim" in Arabic means doctor/sage). With immense perseverance, he rises to world fame, but must choose between ambition and his roots.