Social literature

Drugovi I-II

A collection of short stories that follow the lives of young people, mostly pupils and students, during and after World War II, with an emphasis on their ideological struggle, maturation, and development of awareness of social changes.

Fabian: Pripovijest o moralistu

Jakob Fabian, an unemployed Germanist and moralist, wanders through Berlin in the 1930s, observing the moral, political and social decay and the rise of Nazism. He falls in love with Cornelia, but tragedies and nonsense lead him to a tragic end. Criticism

Germinal

A novel that represents the pinnacle of literary creation by one of the most significant representatives of naturalism in literature.

Giga Barićeva 1-3

Giga Barićeva (1940) follows the life of Zagreb's bourgeois society during and after World War I. Begović's style, imbued with impressionism and wit, creates a panorama of society, while Giga personifies the struggle between freedom and expectations.

Godan

Goli kruh

Mohamed Choukri's novel Bare Bread is a powerful autobiographical story about poverty, hunger and the struggle for dignity in Morocco in the mid-20th century.

Gradska četvrt

In Florence, 1932–1939, in the poor neighborhood of Santa Croce, a group of young men go through first loves, fights, friendships, and maturation. Fascism is spreading, but they experience moments of joy and longing in street life, forming an awareness of

Grešnik Lenart

"Sinner Lenart" is a novella by Slovenian writer Ivan Cankar that deals with themes of redemption, moral dilemmas, and the inner struggle of the individual.

Hajduk Nikola Šuhaj

Hajduk Nikola Šuhaj (1933) is the most famous novel by Ivan Olbracht (real name Kamil Zeman, 1882–1952), a classic of 20th-century Czech literature. One of the most important works of Czech literature between the two wars.

Hronika o siromašnim ljubavnicima

In Florence 1925–1926, in the poor Via del Corno, the residents live in love, poverty and fear. The arrival of fascism destroys the community: lovers fight, some die from violence, but popular solidarity survives.