The selection of Vjenceslav Novak's novels includes those from the school reading list: "Gluttony and Misery", "U glib", "The Narrative", "From the Great Underground" and others.
Nikola Baretić follows the fate of the main character in the Senj area, faced with jealousy, marital conflicts and social pressures. A realistic novel about passions, honor and decay in a 19th century petty-bourgeois environment.
Minerva nakladna knjižara, 1932.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
4.99 - 5.76 €
Croatian literature • Psychological novel • Social literature
A psychological novel about musician Amadej Zlatanić who, after studying in Prague, returns to Croatia, where he faces the misunderstanding of his petty-bourgeois surroundings and ends up in a madhouse. The conflict between artistic ideals and reality.
Minerva nakladna knjižara, 1932.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
4.28 - 5.26 €
Croatian literature • Short Stories • Psychological novel
"Tales from Long Ago" is Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić's most famous work, translated into about forty languages. With them, Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić gained worldwide fame, was nominated twice for the Andersen Award, and has since been called the Croatian Andersen.
The Return of Filip Latinovicz is one of the most famous novels by Miroslav Krleža. This novel is significant in our literature because it is considered the first fully modern Croatian novel.
The work brings together a gallery of colorful characters – family members, village neighbors, teachers, friends – who shape Ćopić's childish view of the world.