Trovačnica

Zver-čovek

The novel explores the destructive forces of inheritance, passion, and violence in modern industrial society. The action takes place largely on the railroad, a symbol of speed, destiny, and inevitable doom. “Beast Man” is the first description of crime in

Stranica ljubavi

Evgenija Grande

"Eugénie Grandet" (1833), part of Balzac's Human Comedy, is a realistic novel that explores greed, family relationships, and the sacrifices of love in provincial French society.

Pričaj im o bitkama, kraljevima i slonovima

In 1506, Michelangelo Buonarroti was invited by Sultan Bayezid II to design a bridge across the Golden Horn in Constantinople. Furious at Pope Julius II who had humiliated him and refused to pay, Michelangelo left Rome and arrived by ship in Constantinopl

Čovek od gipsa

The novel, whose original title is L'Homme de plâtre, explores complex human destinies through the story of a protagonist whose life symbolically reflects fragility and vulnerability, like plaster.

Gargantua

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.