Social literature

Hura, još živimo

Hura, još živimo

Johannes M. Simmel

The novel follows the life of Jakob Formann from 1946 to 1976: from a poor returnee from the war, through business ups and downs, love, marriages and scandals, to becoming one of the richest and most famous people in Germany.

Mladost, 1980.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
6.485.18
Ich träumte von Afrika

Ich träumte von Afrika

Kuki Gallmann

In this book, author Kuki Gallmann describes her life in Kenya, her love of African nature, family tragedies, and her fight to preserve wildlife.

Bertelsmann Lesering, 1992.
German. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
6.24
Ili jesmo ili nismo

Ili jesmo ili nismo

Slavko Kolar

Either We Are or We Are Not (1933) is Slavko Kolar's most famous collection of short stories. With a satirical and warm sense of humor, Kolar depicts the life of the Croatian village and the common man in interwar Yugoslavia – electoral fraud, bureaucracy

Matica hrvatska, 1933.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
9.26
Imati i nemati

Imati i nemati

Ernest Hemingway

To Have and Have Not (1937) follows Harry Morgan, who during the Great Depression engages in smuggling and illegal business to survive. The novel sharply contrasts the rich and the poor, depicting the struggle for survival in a harsh world.

Izdavačko preduzeće "Rad", 1964.
Serbian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
2.26
I ne reče ni reči

I ne reče ni reči

Heinrich Böll

In Boll's novels, one of the central themes is the attempt to preserve basic moral values ​​in a time of terror, as well as in a period of material prosperity and corruption.

Svjetlost, 1965.
Serbian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
3.22 - 3.98
Informator

Informator

Vjenceslav Novak

Informator (1894) is a shorter prose work by Vjenceslav Novak, edited by Slavko Ježić (the third volume of Collected Works). It is one of Novak's most socially engaged texts and is typical of his realistic approach.

Minerva nakladna knjižara, 1932.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
3.24 - 5.46
Interdjevočka

Interdjevočka

Vladimir Kunjin

The novel follows the life of a Moscow nurse who works at night as an "intergirl" - a prostitute for foreigners. The novel depicts moral dilemmas, economic despair and the collapse of values ​​in late Soviet society.

Mladost, 1990.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
6.44
Iseljenici

Iseljenici

Ferreira de Castro

The book "Emigrants" by the Portuguese writer Ferreira de Castro is one of the most important works of Portuguese literature, published in 1928. Great photomontage and cover by an unknown author from 1940.

Nakladni zavod Ante Velzek, 1940.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
6.72 - 18.42
Izabrana djela 8: Kavkaske pripovijetke / Sevastopoljske pripovijetke / Kozaci

Izabrana djela 8: Kavkaske pripovijetke / Sevastopoljske pripovijetke / Kozaci

Lav N. Tolstoj

The eighth volume of the Selected Works of Leo N. Tolstoy brings together the novel Cossacks, Caucasian Tales, and Sevastopol Tales, works inspired by the author's experiences from military service in the Caucasus and the Crimean War.

Matica hrvatska, 1961.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
6.84
Izabrana djela 9: Obiteljska sreća / Polikuška / Smrt Ivana Iljiča / Vlast tame / Plodovi prosvjete / Živi leš / Uspomene

Izabrana djela 9: Obiteljska sreća / Polikuška / Smrt Ivana Iljiča / Vlast tame / Plodovi prosvjete / Živi leš / Uspomene

Lav N. Tolstoj

The ninth volume of Selected Works of Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy brings together representative short stories, plays, and autobiographical writings in which the author explores love, death, social injustice, morality, and spiritual renewal.

Matica hrvatska, 1962.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
6.42