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Veli Jože

Veli Jože is a literary work by the Croatian writer Vladimir Nazor from 1908. The main character is the brave and good giant Jože, "strong as a bull, with a bushy head", who lives in the vicinity of the Istrian town of Motovun.

Zagaljeni životi

Zagaljeni životi (1923) is a collection of short stories published by Matica hrvatska. Early stories marked by psychological portraits, erotic charge, social criticism and motifs of personal crisis, typical of Vilović's controversial opus.

Zaklon od neba

Shelter from the Sky is a cult novel originally published in 1949 by the American writer and composer Paul Bowles - based on which B. Bertolucci filmed the popular Tea in the Sahara starring John Malkovich.

Žena i njen pajac

The novel The Woman and Her Clown by Pierre Louÿs tells the passionate story of the beautiful Conchita and her lover André, whose relationship of passion, jealousy, and humiliation shows how love can become a game of power and cruelty.

Žito zove

The Grain Calls (1941) is a collection of short stories and novellas by Marko Čović with Bunjevci-Šokac themes. It vividly and lyrically depicts the everyday life of the Croats of Bačka, their customs, work in the fields, love, suffering and longing for t

Životi pesnika

Životne pojave

Life's Phenomena (1970) is a novel that, although less well-known than Hall's country songs, offers a warm story of the lives of ordinary people in rural America. Set in Tennessee, the novel follows the everyday lives of small communities through the pris

Zlatno tele

The Golden Calf (1931) is a brilliant satirical picaresque adventure, a sequel to the legendary 12 Chairs, where the great schemer Ostap Bender returns in full glory – charming, cynical, irredeemably cunning and always one step ahead of everyone else.

Zločin

Crime (1955) by Ivan Potrč is a historical novella that focuses on the last days of communist illegals Đuro Đaković and Nikola Hećimović, key figures of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in the period between the two world wars.