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.
Jiří Šotola's quasi-historical novel Pile on a Spit depicts the absurdity of life through the story of the antihero – the puppeteer Matija Pile (Matěj Kuře), a puppeteer of history during the Napoleonic Wars. The novel criticizes totalitarianism through b
August Cesarec, 1983.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
After the great success of the book Spiritual Wit, we present to you its sequel - Spiritual Wit 2, which collects spiritual jokes, anecdotes, and sayings from everyday life.
Verbum, 2006.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
4.98 €
Humor and Satire • Columns and essays • Short stories • Croatian literature
This book, which can be called a rich chronicle of retired life, also corresponds with today's times, but it will still confirm a different world, events and experiences that we would forget without Smoja.