Social literature

Qui judicatis

Qui judicatis

Aleksandar Pavlović

A psychological-moral novel about a representative of the so-called lost generation, the generation that came of age during World War I, faced with post-war disappointment, moral crises, and the question of justice in society.

Novinska štamparija S. Pintarić, 1927.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
7.36
Radmilović

Radmilović

Ksaver Šandor Gjalski

Radmilović (1913) is Gjalski's novel about the collision of ideals and reality: an intellectual full of high principles gets stuck in provincial politics, love and ambition, while the masks of decency slowly peel away.

Naklada piščeva, 1913.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
11.36
Rakovac u Vinovrhu

Rakovac u Vinovrhu

Stjepan Mihalić

In the novel Rakovac u Vinovrh, the character of an idealistically committed young man who fights against the economic and national oppression of Croatia appears.

Matica hrvatska, 1939.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
3.99 - 7.36
Raskalašna naivka

Raskalašna naivka

Gabrielle-Sidonie Colette

The Dissolute Naive follows a young girl who, driven by curiosity and a desire for freedom, enters the world of love, passion, and social expectations, discovering the price of her own choices.

Naprijed, 1967.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
11.34
Ravnodušni ljudi

Ravnodušni ljudi

Alberto Moravia

The novel follows the declining Roman bourgeois family of Ardengo over the course of several days: widow Mariagrazia, lover Leo, son Michele, and daughter Carla – all trapped in apathy, lies, sexual manipulation, and moral indifference.

Otokar Keršovani, 1966.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
3.22
Redovnica

Redovnica

Denis Diderot

Unloved Suzanne is forcibly imprisoned in a convent. Her letters reveal the hypocrisy, sadism, and mental suffering within the convent walls, as well as her desperate struggle for personal freedom.

Matica hrvatska, 1960.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
2.76 - 6.32
Rimljanka

Rimljanka

Alberto Moravia

Adriana, a beautiful Roman girl from a poor background, wants a normal life, but her mother pushes her into posing for painters and prostitution. Her love affairs lead her through betrayal, violence and corruption to her final resignation.

Otokar Keršovani, 1966.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
2.76 - 4.96
Rimljanka

Rimljanka

Alberto Moravia

Adriana, a beautiful Roman girl from a poor background, wants a normal life, but her mother pushes her into posing for painters and prostitution. Her love affairs lead her through betrayal, violence and corruption to her final resignation.

Minerva, 1959.
Serbian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
8.46
Rimske priče: izbor

Rimske priče: izbor

Alberto Moravia

Collections of short stories from Roman life in the post-war era: ordinary people from the people and the petty bourgeoisie – the poor, workers, small craftsmen – face misery, survival, jealousy, petty deceit and moral compromises in everyday life.

Otokar Keršovani, 1966.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
3.98
Robijaši, kolonisti i kanaci

Robijaši, kolonisti i kanaci

Georges Ferre

Convicts, Colonists and Kanaks is a powerful story about life in a French penal colony, which explores justice, freedom and colonial exploitation through the fates of convicts, colonists and Kanaks, while criticizing the dehumanizing system.

Naklada Binoza, 1933.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
7.52