The Jewel in the Crown is a 1966 novel by Paul Scott that begins his Paradise Quartet. The Quartet novel sequence in four volumes is set in the last days of British rule in India during World War II.
An autobiographical novella written in 1940 (later revised), set in the early 1930s in the Parisian suburb of Clichy. The work is a nostalgic, sensual, and vivid depiction of the bohemian life of a poor American immigrant in Paris.
Mladinska knjiga Založba, 1990.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
With the rhythm of rock'n'roll, Jackie Collins takes the reader behind the scenes of the world of fame and fortune, where three music stars — Kruger, Rafaella and Bobby — experience turbulent passions, betrayals and the struggle for success, while ambitio
Mladost, 1990.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
It is about the world of our Slavonian wastelands, a microspace in which all 60 stories take place. Numerous characters are woven into these stories with their own destinies.
Ignored and harassed by the authorities, surviving on the help of relatives and publishing children's rhymes, this ingenious marginal left behind a veritable treasure trove of strange stories and twisted thoughts in his notes and notebooks.
Summarizing numerous sources with a strong authorial gesture, while retaining their own characteristics, Lovrenović composed a book documenting (a 'forbidden') history, not suspecting that he was writing an epitaph!