The illustrations for this book were made by students of primary schools: Sedmi maj - Vrbovec, I. Gojak - Karlovac, Seven Secretaries of SKOJ - Zagreb, Krešo Rakić - Zagreb, Crveni oktobar - Zagreb, Marijan Grozaj - Ivanić-Grad, Siget - Zagreb.
The Strange Adventures of the Apprentice Hlapić is a classic of Croatian children's literature, first published in 1913, and the first post-war edition from 1952 retains the rich narrative value of the original.
Svjetlost, 1957.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
11.38 €
Literature for children • Italian literature • Squirrel Library
Danko Oblak brings us a panorama of pre-war and wartime events in Zagreb, projected through the sensitive psyche of a six-year-old who experiences a childhood disrupted first by social misery and then by the dangers of war.