Humor and Satire

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

Ilja Iljf, Jevgenij Petrov

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.

Zlatno telešce

Ilja Iljf, Evgenij Petrov

The Golden Calf (1931) follows the ingenious con artist Ostap Bender, who in Soviet Russia during the first five-year plan seeks a secret millionaire in order to get rich, encountering the absurdity of bureaucracy, the new Soviet man, and his own downfall

Znanstveni heureka Maskolta Miška

Žrtva lihvara

Svatopluk Čech's novella depicts the conflict between the peaceful, honest manager of Hrdlička and the ruthless usurer Jestřáb. The story is a harsh social critique of usury, exploitation, and the downfall of the common man under the pressure of monetary