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.
The Golden Calf (1931) is a brilliant satirical picaresque adventure, a sequel to the legendary 12 Chairs, where the great schemer Ostap Bender returns in full glory – charming, cynical, irredeemably cunning and always one step ahead of everyone else.
Kultura, 1946.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
7.56 €
Croatian literature • Humor and Satire • Short stories
Women, Fairy Tales, Queens – is the first in a series of story collections intended for an adult audience in which nine Croatian female writers decided to give voice to female characters from fairy tales.
Kreativna mreža, 2021.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
9.98 €
Francuska književnost • Humor and Satire • Poetry
The birth, childhood, upbringing and warlike exploits of the giant Gargantua: a satire on scholasticism, wars, monasticism and society, with grotesque humour, enormous eating/drinking and utopian ideals.
Matica hrvatska, 1996.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
8.32 €
British literature • Humor and Satire • Novel
Jane Wenham-Jones, the British master of humor and irony, in the novel How to Raise a Roof leads us through the hilarious and painful adventures of Cari, a woman on the verge of financial and emotional ruin.