Social literature

Bijelo prijestolje

A novel set in contemporary life in which the author follows the fates of members of the rural intelligentsia, their ideals, moral dilemmas, and everyday struggles in Croatian society between the two wars.

Blato

Miana Vlaović's debut novel is a story about three generations of women in a patriarchal province, filled with recurring patterns of fate - love, betrayal, poverty, violence, and small struggles for dignity.

Blizu kuće

"Close to Home" (1962) by Erskine Caldwell is a sharp, realistic novel about racism, hypocrisy, and social injustice in the American South during the era of segregation.

Brodolom

Shipwreck (1906) is a novel about fate and chance. After a shipwreck, Ramesh and Kamala begin a life together, believing they are married. The novel explores the conflict between duty, love, identity, and social norms in colonial Bengal.

Buđenje

Careva Kraljevina

Čiča Goriot

Uncle Goriot is one of the most famous and important novels by Honoré de Balzac, published in 1835. It is part of his vast cycle The Human Comedy (La Comédie humaine), and is considered perhaps the most successful work in that cycle.

Čiča Tomina koliba

A novel that strongly depicts the cruelty of slavery in 19th century America and is one of the most influential works in the fight against slavery. The novel (1852) caused enormous social reactions and contributed to the strengthening of the abolitionist

Čočara

Widow Cesira and her daughter Rosetta flee bombed Rome to their native Ciociaria, where they experience hunger, fear and misery. Liberation brings tragedy: Rosetta is raped by Moroccan soldiers, destroying their faith in God and people.

Čočara

Widow Cesira and her daughter Rosetta flee bombed Rome to their native Ciociaria, where they experience hunger, fear and misery. Liberation brings tragedy: Rosetta is raped by Moroccan soldiers, destroying their faith in God and people.