Croatian literature

Proljeće u Badrovcu

Spring in Badrovec (1955), the first edition of a collection of short stories by Vladan Desnica. Lyrical-reflexive stories from the Dalmatian region, written by Desnica in the 1950s, focused on a Dalmatian village in post-war chaos.

Proljeće u Karolinentalu

In his award-winning novel (V.B.Z. Award for the best unpublished novel in 2009), Dragan Pavelić takes the reader to Bosnia, actually to his native Sarajevo, to a period that encompasses the life span of the main character (1890 - 1964).

Prosjak Luka

Luka the Beggar (Book 3 of Collected Works) is one of the most famous and moving Croatian short stories. A warm story about the blind beggar Luka, his noble soul, suffering, and deep human wisdom in the 19th-century Zagreb area.

Prosjak Luka - Prijan Lovro

In his novels Prosjak Luka and Prijan Lovro, August Šenoa explores the fates of ordinary people through the prism of social injustice and morality. Through Luka's suffering and Lovro's kindness, Šenoa calls for understanding and solidarity, leaving a stro

Prošlost potomstvo pamti

This book is part of the series "Slavonica - contributions of Slavonia to Croatian literature and history".

Protokol jednog rastanka

Irena Vrkljan's new prose is a sad story about parting with her recently deceased partner, poet Benn Meyer Wehlack.

Prva hrvatska glagoljska početnica: pretisak Početnice iz 1527

The oldest preserved Croatian primer and a significant monument of Croatian Glagolitic heritage, printed in Venice by Andrija Torresani. Facsimile reprint from 1983, with transliteration and afterword by Josip Bratulić.

Prvi sudar

Psi na jezeru

The novel explores how stories save from oblivion, but also how they hide the truth about human vulnerability. Short but layered, it combines reality with fantasy, reminding us that every encounter is a possible love or ruin.

Psi u trgovištu

Dogs in the Market Place by Ivan Aralica is a historical novel set in the Dalmatian hinterland under Ottoman rule. It depicts the struggle for survival and human dignity through conflicts between local powerful people, peasants, and conquerors.