Social literature

Hrast

Hrast

Mara Švel-Gamiršek

A political novel, it covers the period from 1915 to the beginning of World War II in the Šokac Posavina region. Through the fates of ordinary people and families, it depicts historical ruptures, national turmoil, war suffering, and the connection between

Matica hrvatska, 1942.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
16.52 €
Hronika o siromašnim ljubavnicima

Hronika o siromašnim ljubavnicima

Vasco Pratolini

U Firenci 1925–1926, u siromašnoj ulici Via del Korno, stanovnici žive u ljubavi, siromaštvu i strahu. Dolazak fašizma uništava zajednicu: ljubavnici se svađaju, neki ginu od nasilja, ali narodna solidarnost opstaje.

Svjetlost, 1966.
Serbian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
The book consists of two volumes
4.56 €
Hura, još živimo

Hura, još živimo

Johannes M. Simmel

Roman prati život Jakoba Formana od 1946. do 1976. godine: od siromašnog povratnika iz rata, preko poslovnih uspona i padova, ljubavi, brakova i skandala, do toga da postane jedna od najbogatijih i najpoznatijih osoba u Nemačkoj.

Mladost, 1980.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
6.48 €
Ich träumte von Afrika

Ich träumte von Afrika

Kuki Gallmann

U ovoj knjizi, autorka Kuki Galman opisuje svoj život u Keniji, svoju ljubav prema afričkoj prirodi, porodične tragedije i svoju borbu za očuvanje divljih životinja.

Bertelsmann Lesering, 1992.
German. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
6.24 €
Igra staklenim perlama

Igra staklenim perlama

Hesse
Hermann Hesse

In secluded Castalia, Josef Knecht masters a game uniting music, mathematics and philosophy. Yet intellectual perfection raises questions about responsibility towards life beyond the scholarly community.

August Cesarec, 1987.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
8.32 €
Igra staklenim perlama

Igra staklenim perlama

Hesse
Hermann Hesse

In secluded Castalia, Josef Knecht masters a game uniting music, mathematics and philosophy. Yet intellectual perfection raises questions about responsibility towards life beyond the scholarly community.

Sveučilišna naklada Liber (SNL), 1979.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
9.306.98 €
Ili jesmo ili nismo

Ili jesmo ili nismo

Slavko Kolar

Either We Are or We Are Not (1933) is Slavko Kolar's most famous collection of short stories. With a satirical and warm sense of humor, Kolar depicts the life of the Croatian village and the common man in interwar Yugoslavia – electoral fraud, bureaucracy

Matica hrvatska, 1933.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
9.26 €
Imati i nemati

Imati i nemati

Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway

To Have and Have Not (1937) follows Harry Morgan, who during the Great Depression engages in smuggling and illegal business to survive. The novel sharply contrasts the rich and the poor, depicting the struggle for survival in a harsh world.

Izdavačko preduzeće "Rad", 1964.
Serbian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
2.26 €
I ne reče ni reči

I ne reče ni reči

Heinrich Böll

In Bolls Romanen ist eines der zentralen Themen der Versuch, in einer Zeit des Terrors sowie in einer Zeit des materiellen Wohlstands und der Korruption grundlegende moralische Werte zu bewahren.

Svjetlost, 1965.
Serbian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
3.22 - 3.98 €
Informator

Informator

Vjenceslav Novak

Informator (1894) is a shorter prose work by Vjenceslav Novak, edited by Slavko Ježić (the third volume of Collected Works). It is one of Novak's most socially engaged texts and is typical of his realistic approach.

Minerva nakladna knjižara, 1932.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
3.24 - 5.46 €