Social literature

Hleba i ljubavi

Hleba i ljubavi

Pearl S. Buck

Two Americans meet as young men in late 19th century China. One becomes a powerful media mogul obsessed with control, the other a humanitarian doctor. An epic tale of friendship, power, ideals and the clash of two opposing worldviews.

Minerva, 1959.
Serbian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
6.48
Hrast

Hrast

Mara Švel-Gamiršek

A political novel, it covers the period from 1915 to the beginning of World War II in the Šokac Posavina region. Through the fates of ordinary people and families, it depicts historical ruptures, national turmoil, war suffering, and the connection between

Matica hrvatska, 1942.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
16.52
Hronika o siromašnim ljubavnicima

Hronika o siromašnim ljubavnicima

Vasco Pratolini

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.

Svjetlost, 1966.
Serbian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
The book consists of two volumes
4.56
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.
6.48
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