Social literature

Croatian literature • Psychological novel • Social literature

U registraturi

Ante Kovačić

The novel In the Registry is a key work by Ante Kovačić and the most important novel of Croatian realism. In this work, Kovačić addresses the problem of the transition from the peasant class to the gentry class.

Spektar, 1974.

Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.

5.48 - 5.62 €

Croatian literature • Social literature

Veliko proljeće

Stjepko Vrtar

The Great Spring (1933) depicts the awakening and rebirth of the Croatian village and the common man in the interwar period – a symbolic depiction of the national and social spring, the peasant movement, and the personal maturation of the main character.

Matica hrvatska, 1933.

Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.

7.26 €

Plays • Croatian literature • Social literature

Vihor: igrokaz u četiri čina iz primorskog života

Ivo Turina Gavrov

"The Whirlwind: A Play in Four Acts from Coastal Life" by Ivo Turina Gavrov is a drama from coastal (Dalmatian) life with themes of family conflicts, tradition, love and social change.

Hrvatska tiskara, 1927.

Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.

19.99 €

British literature • Romance Novels • Social literature • Zabavna biblioteka

Vila Rubein: roman iz tirolskog života

John Galsworthy

Villa Rubein (1900) is an early novel by John Galsworthy. It depicts the love between a young Englishwoman, Christian, and a poor Austrian painter in Tyrol, and the conflict between artistic ideals and civic conventions.

Zabavna biblioteka - Naklada tiskare Narodnih novina, 1933.

Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.

6.72 €

Hispanic American literature • Social literature

Vojske

Evelio Rosero

A poignant novel about Ismael and his wife Otilia in the Colombian village of San José, which is slowly being destroyed by various armies – guerrillas, paramilitaries, the army and drug gangs. A powerful portrayal of the senselessness of civil war and the

Hena Com, 2021.

Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.

8.44 €

British literature • Humor and Satire • Social literature • Biblioteka HIT

Voljeni pokojnik: angloamerička tragedija

Evelyn Waugh

The Beloved Deceased is Evelyn Waugh's satirical novel about a British expat in Hollywood who finds himself in the middle of the absurd American funeral business. A love triangle ends with an unexpected tragedy.

Znanje, 1982.

Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.

5.123.85 - 5.145.12 €

Francuska književnost • A war novel • Social literature

Vrijeme nasilja

Jean-Pierre Simon

A Time of Violence (1966) is an anti-war and activist novel by French writer Jean-Pierre Simon, a lesser-known author from the mid-20th century, whose work bears traces of leftist literature of the 1930s and 1940s.

Svjetlost, 1965.

Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.

2.46 €

Romanian literature • Social literature

Vrt od stakla

Tatiana Țîbuleac

A moving novel about a little girl, Lastočka, who is adopted from an orphanage by a Russian woman, Tamara, in Chisinau in the 1980s. A moving story about childhood, language, identity, and trauma in the final years of Soviet Moldova.

V.B.Z, 2021.

Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.

9.32 €

Francuska književnost • Psychological novel • Social literature

Za ljubav sina

Herve Bazin

An intimate, autobiographical drama about fatherhood, guilt, and complex family relationships. The main character is Daniel, a middle-aged widower who is raising three children alone: ​​twins (an older son and a daughter) and the youngest son Bruno.

Svjetlost, 1965.

Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.

2.76 €

Croatian literature • Short Stories • Social literature

Za narod i omladinu

Vjenceslav Novak

A collection of realistic short stories by Vjenceslav Novak with themes of social struggle, family life and the everyday lives of ordinary people. It depicts the difficult life, moral dilemmas and humanity in difficult social conditions of the 19th centur

Minerva nakladna knjižara, 133.

Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.

6.244.99 €