... and not as a stranger is a romantic novel, very popular in its time, at the top of the list of best-selling novels in America in 1954. It was screened in 1955, produced and directed by the famous director Stanley Kramer.
Just when it seemed that everything was falling into place for fifteen-year-old Sam, that everything was just as it should be - life, mom, school, relationship - Alicia, his girlfriend, will drop a real bomb. Alicia is, or rather, his ex-girlfriend, since
Algoritam, 2011.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
7.36 €
Novel • Historical novel • Croatian literature
"Rod" by Miljenko Jergović, a monumental novel published in 2013, a hybrid opus of over 1,000 pages that combines autobiography, fiction, documents and reportage, follows the family saga of the maternal line from the late 19th century to modern Sarajevo.
Fraktura, 2013.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
27.34 €
Novel • Detective Stories • American literature
The Black Dahlia (1987) by James Ellroy is a crime novel inspired by the real-life, unsolved murder of Elizabeth Short in 1947 in Los Angeles. The work is the first in Ellroy's L.A. Quartet, known for its inspiring depiction of the city and complex plots.
Algoritam, 1999.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
27.58 €
Novel • Detective Stories • American literature
Los Angeles in the fifties. The mafia boss, drug dealer and king of prostitution ended up in prison and left a clear field for the struggle for supremacy on the "market"...
Condensed, without interruptions, without dialogue, in one chapter, masterfully written, meticulously created, Calypso is Ognjen Spahić's tour de force.
Fraktura, 2017.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
9.34 €
Novel • Thriller • Detective Stories • American literature
Martin Cruz Smith, a master of crime novels, dissects the dark side of contemporary Russia – corruption, political intrigue, and Stalinist legacy – in the sixth part of the series about investigator Arkady Renko.