Social literature

Sabrana dela 9: Mandala

Pearl S. Buck

Mandala is one of Pearl S. Buck's most mature and spiritual novels, a rare work set in India. The title Mandala (symbol of wholeness) perfectly captures the core of the story: a search for meaning, wholeness, and the reconciliation of opposites.

Sabrna dela 18: Tvorac grada

Pearl S. Buck

The Maker of the City (1945) was the first novel published by Pearl S. Buck under the pseudonym John Sedges, to try her hand at a story about the American West without the expectations attached to her Chinese works.

Sadioci luka

"Sadioci luka" is a novel by Slovenian writer Anton Ingolič, published in 1974. The work thematizes agrarian reform and collectivization in rural areas, showing the challenges faced by peasants during this process.

Samaritanac

In The Samaritan, Richard Price dissects the limits of kindness in a poor urban ghetto. The novel, a blend of crime fiction and social drama, takes place in the fictional town of Dempsey, New Jersey, where misery, addiction, and false redemptions collide.

Savremena istorija

France's tetralogy, written through the lens of Professor Bergeret, dissects French society at the end of the 19th century. Through politics, intrigue, and the Dreyfus affair, hypocrisy, religious dogmatism, and provincial mentality are exposed.

Sedam zvonara majke Marije i druge pripovijetke

Seljaci III: Proljeće

The third part of the epic tetralogy The Peasants. Spring brings the awakening of nature, but also new conflicts in the village of Lipce: the culmination of a love triangle, family drama and social tensions. The continuation of Nobel's epic of Polish peas

Seljaci II: Zima

The second part of the epic tetralogy Peasants. The novel depicts the difficult winter life in the village of Lipce, deepens the conflicts within Boryna's family, the passionate relationship between Antko and Jagna, and the growing tensions in the village

Seljaci I: Jesen

The first part of an epic tetralogy about the life of a Polish rural community in the village of Lipce. The novel depicts the rhythm of rural work, everyday life, intrigues, conflicts over land and power, and the marriage of the old, wealthy peasant Macie

Seljaci IV: Ljeto

Seljaci IV: Ljeto završni je i najsnažniji dio epske tetralogije Seljaci. Kulminacija sukoba u selu Lipce tijekom vrućeg ljeta i žetve, drama oko Jagne, smrt Macieja Boryne i konačno zatvaranje velikog životnog kruga.