Social literature

Bel-Ami

Bel-Ami

Guy de Maupassant

Guy de Maupassant's masterpiece and one of the most important novels of French realism and naturalism. A sharp satire of Parisian society of the Third Republic – corrupt, cynical and obsessed with money and power.

Bertelsmann Lesering.
German. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
3.24
Betonski vrt

Betonski vrt

Ian Mcewan

The Concrete Garden by Ian McEwan is a novel about four children who are left alone after the death of their parents. In isolation, they create their own world, and the boundaries between childhood and adulthood gradually blur.

Znanje, 1984.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
4.32
Bijelo prijestolje

Bijelo prijestolje

Josip Cvrtila

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.

Hrvatsko književno društvo Sv. Jeronima, 1933.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
6.24 - 6.26
Blato

Blato

Milana Vlaović

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.

V.B.Z, 2007.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
6.38
Blizu kuće

Blizu kuće

Erskine Caldwell

"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.

Svjetlost, 1964.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
2.12
Boheme

Boheme

Henri Murger

The novel depicts the lives of poor artists, writers, and musicians in Paris's Latin Quarter in the 1840s. A romantic, cheerful, and tragic portrayal of bohemian life full of love, poverty, and art.

Deutscher Bücherbund, 1984.
German. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
7.36
Borba i pobjeda: Pripoviest iz nedavne prošlosti

Borba i pobjeda: Pripoviest iz nedavne prošlosti

Josip Zorić

A story about the Croatian struggle for national rights and moral victory in the socio-political circumstances of the second half of the 19th century. A folk novel full of patriotism, family conflicts and the triumph of Christian values.

Dionička tiskara, 1899.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
14.76
Brižljiva opsada

Brižljiva opsada

Heinrich Böll

The Careful Siege by Heinrich Böll is a political and social novel that depicts life under constant surveillance and the threat of terrorism. The work explores the conflict between security, freedom, and human dignity.

Znanje, 1981.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
5.96 - 6.88
Brodolom

Brodolom

Rabindranath Tagore

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.

Nakladni zavod Ante Velzek, 1940.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
8.24
Bura: novele

Bura: novele

Ferdo Čulinović

"Bura" (1928) is a collection of short stories by Ferdo Čulinović. Realistic stories inspired by the author's experience as a judge, with themes of social injustice, the common man, and turbulent social conditions in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, Slovenes

Knjižara Maričić i Janković, 1928.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
8.56