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The novel Between Light and Darkness (1891) is based on a critique of the bureaucratic apparatus and government structures, for which reason it was censored and published with a changed ending.
The famous painter Mariano Renovales, the son of a blacksmith, rises to fame in Rome, Paris and Madrid. Obsessed with his love for women and art, he paints his "Naked Maya", which leads to drama, jealousy and conflict.
Branislav Nušić, the famous Serbian comedian, wrote his autobiography, which takes us through his life path. Through the eyes of Nušić, we follow his path from humble childhood to a successful literary career, imbued with humor and irony.
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.
In his last great novel, Resurrection (1899), Tolstoy combines literary artistry with profound moral and philosophical reflections, making it a key work of his late oeuvre.
In her book "The Exile," Pearl S. Buck writes a poignant biography of her mother, Caroline Sydenstricker - an American who went to China as a young missionary, where she spent a life full of suffering, loss, and feelings of complete alienation.