The German magazine Der Spiegel titled Mr. Kuka's recommendations as "the trickiest book of the season" just after publication.
Waldemar, an aspiring and inexperienced young man from Warsaw, firmly decided to travel to the West for the first time in his life. That trip to Vienna turned into a swedish of European proportions, with pointed and somewhat venomous complaints against the golden West.
The thief of the peaks is a book with a dose of the finest philosophical-Lacrdian humor that can be read as a guide to solving small and large life puzzles.
Sipar, 2019.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
7.92 - 7.94 €
German literature • Family novel • Historical novel
A historical novel about the rise and fall of the London banking family Pilaster in Victorian England. Intrigue, power, money, scandals and the fate of several generations.
Bertelsmann Lesering, 1993.
German. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
12.36 €
A philosophical novel • German literature • Psychological novel
In the novel Narcissus and Chrysostom, Hermann Hesse follows two friends: the ascetic monk Narcissus and the artistically restless Chrysostom, who search for the meaning of life through wanderings, love, and suffering.
Suhrkamp Verlag, 1971.
German. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
The novel follows a humorous and romantic story about relationships, love, and new beginnings, in which the heroine tries to reconcile feelings, expectations, and the chaos of everyday life.
R. Piper & Co. Verlag, 2004.
German. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
2.46 €
German literature • Family novel • Historical novel
The first part of the family saga follows Felicia Lavergne through the turbulent years before and during World War II. Love, family secrets, and historical turmoil shape the destinies of several generations.
The three novels in this book are connected by love as a source of guilt, pain, and new hope: heroines and heroes face difficult choices, confessions, losses, and the search for the possibility of a new beginning.
Deutscher Bücherbund, 1978.
German. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.