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"Veronika of Desinić" by Josip Eugen Tomić, a historical tragedy in four acts, a drama about the tragic fate of Veronika of Desinić, the mistress and wife of Count Friedrich of Celje, accused of witchcraft and killed in 1425.
This seminal novel of Croatian Realism depicts the downfall of the Stipančić noble family from Senj through the lens of the father’s patriarchal despotism, the family’s delusions, and the social changes of the 19th century.
A powerful, socially critical novel by Sinclair Lewis concerning a bank and social standing. The discovery of the protagonist’s distant African ancestry exposes the deep-seated racial prejudices and hypocrisy of an American community.
A woman fights for her life in an East German hospital. As her body fails her on the eve of the fall of the Berlin Wall, she reflects—through feverish visions and memories—on her own life, the prevailing ideology, and the collapse of a system.
The second part of the author’s expansive saga *Not All People Are Equal*, in which passion, human weaknesses, and the relentless fates of life are explored through intimate dramas and social upheavals.