Social literature

Patriot

Patriot

Upton Sinclair

The Patriot (1928) is a novel by Upton Sinclair that explores themes of political idealism, corruption, and the struggle for justice in America during the turbulent social and political turmoil of the early 20th century.

Hrvatski tiskarski zavod, 1946.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
14.99
Pelle osvajač

Pelle osvajač

Martin Andersen Nexo

The novel by Danish writer Martin Andersen Nexø is a monumental work that follows the life of Pelle Karlsson, a poor Swedish boy who migrates with his father Lasse to the Danish island of Bornholm in search of a better life.

Kultura, 1950.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
The book consists of two volumes
12.42
Plodovi zemlje: Knjiga I

Plodovi zemlje: Knjiga I

Liviu Rebreanu

A novel by Liviu Rebreanu, considered by many to be the founder of the modern Romanian novel. Ion Glanetaș, an ambitious young peasant in a Transylvanian village, is obsessed with the desire for land. A classic novel about greed and fate.

Nakladni zavod Ante Velzek, 1943.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
17.34
Podgorka

Podgorka

Vjenceslav Novak

Podgorka follows the life and fate of a young woman from the poor Podgorka region. The novel realistically depicts the difficult social conditions, customs, poverty and struggle for dignity in the Senj hinterland in the 19th century.

Minerva nakladna knjižara, 1932.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
5.72
Podgorske pripovijesti

Podgorske pripovijesti

Vjenceslav Novak

A collection of realistic stories by Vjenceslav Novak about life in the poor hinterland of Senj. They depict the difficult everyday life of the people of Podgora, poverty, customs, family dramas and the struggle for dignity in the harsh Podgora environmen

Minerva nakladna knjižara, 1933.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
6.34
Pod Nehajem

Pod Nehajem

Vjenceslav Novak

Under Nehaj (1892) is the second novel by Vjenceslav Novak and one of the key works of Croatian realism. In the edition edited by Slavko Ježić (the second volume of Collected Works), this "story from Senj life" provides a powerful picture of the writer's

Minerva nakladna knjižara, 1931.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
3.34 - 5.64
Pod starimi krovovi: Zapisci i ulomci iz plemenitaškoga svieta

Pod starimi krovovi: Zapisci i ulomci iz plemenitaškoga svieta

Ksaver Šandor Gjalski

Under Old Roofs (1886) is a collection of short stories by Ksaver Šandor Gjalski. It realistically and nostalgically depicts the decline of the Zagorje noble manors, old customs, and the conflict between generations during the collapse of feudal society.

Matica hrvatska, 1886.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
17.24
Pokošeno polje

Pokošeno polje

Branimir Ćosić

Mowed Field is the most significant and last novel by the Serbian writer Branimir Ćosić (1903–1934), completed in 1933, just five months before his death from tuberculosis at the age of 31.

Nakladni zavod Hrvatske, 1949.
Serbian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
5.50
Pokošeno polje

Pokošeno polje

Branimir Ćosić

Mown Fields (1933) represents the culmination and swan song of a life that ended too soon – the author finished the novel just five months before his death from tuberculosis, at the age of thirty-one.

Svjetlost, 1961.
Serbian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
The book consists of two volumes
5.34
Porodična hronika

Porodična hronika

Vasco Pratolini

The book "Family Chronicle" by Vasco Pratolini is set in Florence, Italy, and follows the life of the Martini family during the period between the two world wars.

Džepna knjiga, 1956.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
2.76