Social literature

Preopterećenje

Prezir / Agostino

In "Contempt," screenwriter Riccardo obsessively searches for the reason why his wife Emilia despises and alienates him. In "Agostino," a 13-year-old boy on a summer vacation with his mother experiences a sexual awakening and perceives his mother as a wom

Priče o herojima

Pripovijesti

Contents: Bricklayer, Good earnings, Forests and pastures, Gypsies, On the light, Lady's bread, Note about the writer

Rakovac u Vinovrhu

In the novel Rakovac u Vinovrh, the character of an idealistically committed young man who fights against the economic and national oppression of Croatia appears.

Ravnodušni ljudi

The novel follows the declining Roman bourgeois family of Ardengo over the course of several days: widow Mariagrazia, lover Leo, son Michele, and daughter Carla – all trapped in apathy, lies, sexual manipulation, and moral indifference.

Rimljanka

Adriana, a beautiful Roman girl from a poor background, wants a normal life, but her mother pushes her into posing for painters and prostitution. Her love affairs lead her through betrayal, violence and corruption to her final resignation.

Rimske priče: izbor

Collections of short stories from Roman life in the post-war era: ordinary people from the people and the petty bourgeoisie – the poor, workers, small craftsmen – face misery, survival, jealousy, petty deceit and moral compromises in everyday life.

Robijaši, kolonisti i kanaci

Convicts, Colonists and Kanaks is a powerful story about life in a French penal colony, which explores justice, freedom and colonial exploitation through the fates of convicts, colonists and Kanaks, while criticizing the dehumanizing system.

Sadioci luka

„Sadioci luka“ ist ein 1974 erschienener Roman des slowenischen Schriftstellers Anton Ingolič. Die Arbeit thematisiert die Agrarreform und Kollektivierung in ländlichen Gebieten und zeigt die Herausforderungen auf, mit denen die Bauern während dieses Proz