Essays and diaries • Autobiographies and Memoirs
Varšavske beležnice : (1978 - 1984)
Kazimierz Brandys
One of the leading Polish writers from the end of the 20th century published his Diaries in 1981 and 1982, which cover the turbulent period of events in Poland in 1978-1984. This is a book of selections from those diary entries.
If it seems to you that beneath the surface of the sometimes monotonous everyday life lies a hilarious absurdity, David Sedaris will finally convince you of that.
A fresh, uninhibited literary view of Dalmatia. Four stories about Dalmatia told in the manner of the best pages of Czech literature. Bringing to life the scents of salt and sea, the author writes vivid prose full of color and flavor.
Fraktura, 2006.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
8.546.40 €
Essays and diaries • Literary criticism • Novele • Literary Theory
A posthumous collection published on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the death of Dalibor Cvitan (1934–1993), a prose writer, poet, essayist and critic. It contains a selection of around twenty essays, short stories and feuilletons - a cross-secti
Društvo hrvatskih književnika, 2018.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
6.32 €
Essays and diaries • Croatian literature • A war novel
A moving and poignant chronicle of the siege and destruction of Vukovar in 1991 through 57 short "postcard" chapters. Pavličić does not write from the perspective of an "ordinary" Zagreb resident who spent the summer of 1991 in Vukovar, and then followed
Raskomadana vremena (2022) is the latest book by Rade Kovačević (1939–2024), a writer from Osijek, critic, essayist and long-time professor at the Faculty of Philosophy in Osijek, published under the pseudonym Edgar F. Smith.
Matica hrvatska, 2022.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
7.56 €
Bosnian literature • Essays and diaries • Literary criticism • Columns and essays
A collection of selected non-fiction texts (essays, criticism, essays) written between 2005 and 2019. Four parts: Cold War themes, travelogues, literary reflections, and contemporary essays. Deep insights into the culture, history, and identity of the Bal