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.
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.
4.983.74 €
Humor and Satire • Novel • Italian literature
Luigi Pirandello's novel The Late Matthias Pascal (1904), a masterpiece of Italian literature, explores themes of identity, freedom, and social conventions through a tragic yet ironic story of a man trying to escape his life.
Matica hrvatska, 1927.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
3.98 €
Humor and Satire • Esotericism • Christianity
Dead Souls (1842) is a brilliant satire that exposes the moral and social rot of imperial Russia through Chichikov's fraud with dead serfs, with Gogol's virtuoso mix of humor, irony and lyricism.