Literature

British literature • Novele • Psychological novel

Pod crvenom bukvom

Maeve Binchy

A large red beech tree stands in front of the school in a small Irish town. In one moment of their youth, eight students will carve their names on its bark. Their lives will take different paths, but the memory of the big beech tree and the names carved i

Mozaik knjiga, 2004.

Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.

6.34 €

Croatian literature • Social literature

Podgorka

Vjenceslav Novak

Podgorka follows the life and fate of a young woman from the poor Podgorka region. The novel realistically depicts the difficult social conditions, customs, poverty and struggle for dignity in the Senj hinterland in the 19th century.

Minerva nakladna knjižara, 1932.

Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.

5.72 €

Croatian literature • Novele • Short Stories • First editions

Pod gorom: Ličke priče

Mile Budak

The collection Pod gorom – Lika Stories (1930) by Mile Budak consists of seven short stories depicting everyday life and the mentality of a Lika village in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. First edition.

Matica hrvatska, 1930.

Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.

10.42 €

Croatian literature • Short Stories • Social literature

Podgorske pripovijesti

Vjenceslav Novak

A collection of realistic stories by Vjenceslav Novak about life in the poor hinterland of Senj. They depict the difficult everyday life of the people of Podgora, poverty, customs, family dramas and the struggle for dignity in the harsh Podgora environmen

Minerva nakladna knjižara, 1933.

Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.

6.34 €

Psychological novel • Slovenian literature

Podmornica Swordray

Clay Blair, Joan Blair

The book Swordray Submarine (1988) by Clay and Joan Blair follows the tense story of an American nuclear submarine during the Cold War.

24 sata, 1988.

Slovenian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.

7.54 €

British literature • A philosophical novel • Psychological novel

Pod mrežom

Iris Murdoch

Under the Net (1954), Iris Murdoch's debut work, follows Jake Donaghue, a young writer and translator in London, living a bohemian life. The story, told in the first person, explores themes of freedom, love, and the search for meaning through Jake's chaot

Sveučilišna naklada Liber (SNL), 1981.

Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.

4.993.99 - 5.32 €

Croatian literature • Psychological novel • Social literature

Pod Nehajem

Vjenceslav Novak

Under Nehaj (1892) is the second novel by Vjenceslav Novak and one of the key works of Croatian realism. In the edition edited by Slavko Ježić (the second volume of Collected Works), this "story from Senj life" provides a powerful picture of the writer's

Minerva nakladna knjižara, 1931.

Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.

3.34 - 5.64 €

Psychological novel

Pod oba sunca

Ognjen Spahić

On a secluded lighthouse, former first-class captain Branimir Bato Lončar and his wife Danica live a monotonous everyday life, occasionally disturbed by a stray tourist or a boat in danger.

Fraktura, 2020.

Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.

11.48 €

Adventure novel • Francuska književnost

Pod plaštem noći

Claude Farrère

An exciting adventure novel by Claude Farrère set in exotic Turkey, full of intrigue, secrets and political conspiracies under the cover of night. Classic French exotic prose with a tense plot and rich atmosphere.

Naklada "Hrvatskog lista", 1937.

Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.

3.26 €