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.
4.993.74 - 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
At a time when he peacefully grazed the lush grass next to his mother in his native green valley, the beautiful young stallion, Black Beauty, could not even dream of all the adventures that would befall him in the future.
Instead of brief entries like you'll find in lexicons and encyclopedias, Lektira na dlana offers you an exciting journey through great literary epochs, and your guides along the way are well-known experts in Croatian literary science.
The work brings together a gallery of colorful characters – family members, village neighbors, teachers, friends – who shape Ćopić's childish view of the world.