Social literature

Goli kruh

Goli kruh

Mohamed Choukri

Mohamed Choukri's novel Bare Bread is a powerful autobiographical story about poverty, hunger and the struggle for dignity in Morocco in the mid-20th century.

Znanje, 1988.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
3.64
Gradska četvrt

Gradska četvrt

Vasco Pratolini

In Florence, 1932–1939, in the poor neighborhood of Santa Croce, a group of young men go through first loves, fights, friendships, and maturation. Fascism is spreading, but they experience moments of joy and longing in street life, forming an awareness of

Džepna knjiga, 1956.
Serbian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
2.48
Grešnik Lenart

Grešnik Lenart

Ivan Cankar

"Sinner Lenart" is a novella by Slovenian writer Ivan Cankar that deals with themes of redemption, moral dilemmas, and the inner struggle of the individual.

Spektar, 1974.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
2.86 - 3.26
Hajduk Nikola Šuhaj

Hajduk Nikola Šuhaj

Ivan Olbracht

Hajduk Nikola Šuhaj (1933) is the most famous novel by Ivan Olbracht (real name Kamil Zeman, 1882–1952), a classic of 20th-century Czech literature. One of the most important works of Czech literature between the two wars.

Svjetlost, 1965.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
4.56
Hrast

Hrast

Mara Švel-Gamiršek

A political novel, it covers the period from 1915 to the beginning of World War II in the Šokac Posavina region. Through the fates of ordinary people and families, it depicts historical ruptures, national turmoil, war suffering, and the connection between

Matica hrvatska, 1942.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
16.52
Hronika o siromašnim ljubavnicima

Hronika o siromašnim ljubavnicima

Vasco Pratolini

In Florence 1925–1926, in the poor Via del Corno, the residents live in love, poverty and fear. The arrival of fascism destroys the community: lovers fight, some die from violence, but popular solidarity survives.

Svjetlost, 1966.
Serbian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
The book consists of two volumes
4.56
Hura, još živimo

Hura, još živimo

Johannes M. Simmel

The novel follows the life of Jakob Formann from 1946 to 1976: from a poor returnee from the war, through business ups and downs, love, marriages and scandals, to becoming one of the richest and most famous people in Germany.

Mladost, 1980.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
6.48
Ili jesmo ili nismo

Ili jesmo ili nismo

Slavko Kolar

Either We Are or We Are Not (1933) is Slavko Kolar's most famous collection of short stories. With a satirical and warm sense of humor, Kolar depicts the life of the Croatian village and the common man in interwar Yugoslavia – electoral fraud, bureaucracy

Matica hrvatska, 1933.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
9.26
I ne reče ni reči

I ne reče ni reči

Heinrich Böll

In Boll's novels, one of the central themes is the attempt to preserve basic moral values ​​in a time of terror, as well as in a period of material prosperity and corruption.

Svjetlost, 1965.
Serbian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
3.22 - 3.98
Interdjevočka

Interdjevočka

Vladimir Kunjin

The novel follows the life of a Moscow nurse who works at night as an "intergirl" - a prostitute for foreigners. The novel depicts moral dilemmas, economic despair and the collapse of values ​​in late Soviet society.

Mladost, 1990.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
6.44