Izgnanici iz poker fleta

Izgnanici iz poker fleta

Bret Harte

Bret Harte's classic collection of short stories brings together striking tales from the American West, revealing unexpected nobility, loyalty, and sacrifice through the fates of gamblers, drifters, and outsiders.

The collection of short stories The Poker Fleet Outcasts by American writer Bret Harte represents the pinnacle of literature about the California Gold Rush and the 19th-century American West. In addition to the famous title story about a group of social outcasts trapped in a blizzard, the collection consists of a carefully selected series of the author's most famous works: Lucky from Roaring Camp, An Episode in the Life of Mr. John Oakhurst, The Tennessee Partner, The Iliad of Sandy Bar, Brown of Calaveras, The Ingenious Sierra Girl, and Colonel Starbottle as the Prosecutor.

Through the harsh but extremely vivid world of mining camps, casinos, and wild Sierra landscapes, Harte skillfully builds complex characters from the social margins. Under the external layering of rudeness, drunkenness, and crime, the author reveals with characteristic irony and warmth deep human virtues — selfless friendship, loyalty, empathy, and willingness to sacrifice. With its dynamic storytelling, masterful dialogue, and striking local color, this collection remains an indispensable masterpiece of world short fiction and an anthological portrayal of life on the American frontier.

Original title
The best short stories
Translation
Kaliopa Nikolajević, Dragoslav Andrić, Nenad Jovanović
Graphics design
Janko Krajšek
Dimensions
18 x 10.5 cm
Pages
151
Publisher
Rad, Beograd, 1963.
 
Latin alphabet. Paperback.
Language: Serbian.

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