On Writers and Writing 2012 Desk Diary

Pustolovine Toma Sawyera

Mark Twain's classic, set in the small Missouri town of St. Petersburg in the late 19th century. Through the eyes of mischievous boy Tom Sawyer, Twain imaginatively portrays boyhood, freedom, and adventures along the Mississippi River.

Snaga ljubavi (Veliki Getsbi)

Kvaka braka

Melanie Gideon, an American writer known for her humorous novels about family dynamics, dissects the monotony of marriage in the age of social media in The Marriage Trap (2012).

Druga strana ponoći

Athens, 1947. A sensational murder trial is about to begin. The accused are Noelle Page, a French actress of extraordinary beauty, and her lover Larry Douglas, the personal pilot of Greek shipowner Constantin Demiris.

Crveni zmaj

The thriller Red Dragon by Thomas Harris, the author who became famous in 1989 with the novel "When the lambs fall silent", is now accepted by critics by acclamation as the best novel in the series about the psychopath Hannibal Lecter.

Dok ležah na samrti

Faulkner's 1930 novel, a classic example of modernist literature. It is often compared to Joyce's "Ulysses" for its innovative structure, but is more accessible due to its focus on family.