Vitezović's aphorisms suggest a double reception to the modern reader in a certain, sensitive way.
They should be read in the time when they were written and now, so to speak, timeless, when the so-called reality surpassed and rhymed with many "harsh words" with its original satire.
When it was first published in 2000, Tomić's novel What is a Man Without a Mustache instantly became a bestseller, and over the next few years it went through a series of new editions, dramatizations, and a film adaptation. First edition.
Hena Com, 2000.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
14.76 - 15.24 €
Humor and Satire • Novel • Czech literature
Bohumil Hrabal, a Czech writer known for his lyrical grotesque and humor, in his novel The Town Where Time Stood Still evokes childhood in the small town of Libeň (part of Prague), where time seems to stand still in a magical but melancholic world.