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.
Ready for Europe by Arijana Čulina is a collection of satirical columns that humorously dissect Croatian society and its absurd political and cultural phenomena in the context of preparations for entry into the European Union.
Slobodna Dalmacija, 2004.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
3.62 - 3.74 €
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.
Naprijed, 1962.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
4.50 €
Humor and Satire • Novel • Czech literature
The novel Beautiful Children depicts the world of adolescent rebels in a "re-education" colony - a prison disguised as a school. Written in the spirit of the Prague Spring, the work criticizes the communist system through a dynamic, cinematic narrative.
August Cesarec, 1986.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.