The Cat's Cradle is a satirical postmodern novel, with elements of science fiction, by the American writer Kurt Vonnegut.
Vonnegut's fourth novel, first published in 1963, in which the author examines key issues of science, technology, the purpose of religion, and the arms race, often using black humor.
The first part of the epic trilogy U.S.A. John Dos Passos. A mosaic of the fate of ordinary Americans in the period from 1900 to the First World War – ambition, struggle for survival, social unrest and the birth of modern America.
Hrvatska književna naklada neovisnih književnika, 1939.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
4.38 €
American literature • Adventure novel • Teen Novels • First editions
The third novel in the famous Tarzan series. Tarzan's enemies kidnap his son and Jane, leaving him trapped on a deserted island. With the help of beasts (apes, panthers, and lions), Tarzan takes revenge and saves his family.
St. Kugli, 1933.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
9.44 €
American literature • A philosophical novel • Historical novel • Social literature
Two Americans meet as young men in late 19th century China. One becomes a powerful media mogul obsessed with control, the other a humanitarian doctor. An epic tale of friendship, power, ideals and the clash of two opposing worldviews.
Minerva, 1959.
Serbian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
6.48 €
American literature • Psychological novel • Autobiographies and Memoirs
In her book "The Exile," Pearl S. Buck writes a poignant biography of her mother, Caroline Sydenstricker - an American who went to China as a young missionary, where she spent a life full of suffering, loss, and feelings of complete alienation.
Savremena biblioteka, 1939.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.