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.
The hybrid book – a novel, poem and essay in one – is a dedication to his native Varcar, a small village in central Bosnia, where the author's roots intertwine with the history, myth and chaos of the 20th century.
Fraktura, 2016.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
Faulkner's 1930 novel, a classic example of modernist literature. It is often compared to Joyce's "Ulysses" for its innovative structure, but is more accessible due to its focus on family.
The novel "Usta puna zemlje" (1970), the masterpiece of the Serbian writer Branimir Šćepanović, is a psychologically in-depth explorer of the limits of the human soul, solitude and existential freedom, reminiscent of Kafka and Camus.
BIGZ, 1987.
Serbian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
3.98 €
German literature • A war novel • Novel
The novel "The Surprised Wedding Party" tells the story of the unrequited love of Antonio, a poor young man, for the beautiful daughter of a fisherman, Marija. Along with the aforementioned love story, another plot stands out, and that is the secret love