Croatian literature

Osječani, gdje ste, da ste: Društvena kronika umirovljenika Lojzeka

In his book Osijekians, where are you, if you were... (1994), Alojzije Šmit presents a humorous and nostalgic social chronicle through the character of the pensioner Lojzek.

Osječka slikovnica

Oslobođeni žali

One of the most significant collections of Croatian poetry from the period of World War II. The poems bring intimate, nostalgic and patriotic lyrics imbued with motifs of homeland, sea, mother, faith and liberation from the burden of the past.

Osman

Ivan Gundulić: Osman, a romantic epic in 20 cantos. The greatest work of Croatian Baroque literature about the conflict between Christianity and Islam, freedom and tyranny, with Mažuranić's cantos of the 14th and 15th cantos.

Osmi patuljak

Osnove pravilnoga pisanja

Osvit: Slike iz tridesetih godina

A historical novel about the Croatian national revival (Illyrianism) in the 1830s. Gjalski's first significant work of historical prose, a realistic-romantic depiction of the awakening of national consciousness.

Otimanje

Otmica kapetana Sindbada

Dobroslav Jurjevski’s detective and adventure novel follows the kidnapping of a Croatian engineer in New York and a detective’s battle against the mafia and intrigues within the émigré community.

Otočne priče

Island stories are inspired by some real-life situations and people from our islands, with the intention of leaving a small "trace in infinity". The rest is fictional.