Social literature

Druga generacija

Druga generacija

Howard Fast

Howard Fast's Second Generation is a family novel that follows the lives of the descendants of a successful American family. The work explores generational conflicts, love, ambition, and social change.

Znanje, 1986.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
The book consists of two volumes
8.34 - 8.36
Drugovi I-II

Drugovi I-II

Tone Seliškar

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.

Veselin Masleša, 1962.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
The book consists of two volumes
6.32
Dva svijeta

Dva svijeta

Vjenceslav Novak

A psychological novel about musician Amadej Zlatanić who, after studying in Prague, returns to Croatia, where he faces the misunderstanding of his petty-bourgeois surroundings and ends up in a madhouse. The conflict between artistic ideals and reality.

Minerva nakladna knjižara, 1932.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
4.28 - 5.26
El Hakim: Roman iz egipatskog života

El Hakim: Roman iz egipatskog života

John Knittel

An Egyptian boy from poverty dreams of becoming a doctor ("hakim" in Arabic means doctor/sage). With immense perseverance, he rises to world fame, but must choose between ambition and his roots.

Nakladni zavod Ante Velzek, 1942.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
The book consists of two volumes
15.26
Émile Zola

Émile Zola

Žerminal

In his best work, Germinal, Émile Zola realistically, in minute detail, described the inhuman living and working conditions of miners in northern France in the 1860s.

Svjetlost, 1967.
Serbian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
4.50
Fabian: Pripovijest o moralistu

Fabian: Pripovijest o moralistu

Erich Kästner

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

Mladost, 1952.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
5.32
Feminist: roman iz nedavne prošlosti

Feminist: roman iz nedavne prošlosti

Velimir Deželić-Sin

A social novel with a thesis, which follows a young intelligent woman who fights for education, independence and equality in the conservative society of the 1920s, advocating for women's emancipation and financial independence.

Hrvatsko književno društvo Sv. Jeronima, 1930.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
17.2612.08
Feminist: roman iz nedavne prošlosti

Feminist: roman iz nedavne prošlosti

Velimir Deželić-Sin

A social novel with a thesis, which follows a young intelligent woman who fights for education, independence and equality in the conservative society of the 1920s, advocating for women's emancipation and financial independence.

Knjižnica dobrih romana, 1930.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
14.32 - 17.44
Garman & Worse

Garman & Worse

Alexander L. Kielland

Alexander Kielland's Garman & Worse is a social novel about a wealthy merchant family in a Norwegian port city. Through their fates, the author criticizes the hypocrisy, class differences, and moral dilemmas of bourgeois society.

Znanje, 1985.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
5.48
Germinal

Germinal

Émile Zola

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

Jutarnji list, 2004.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
3.26 - 5.34