Social literature

Garman & Worse

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.

Germinal

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

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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

Gola maja

The famous painter Mariano Renovales, the son of a blacksmith, rises to fame in Rome, Paris and Madrid. Obsessed with his love for women and art, he paints his "Naked Maya", which leads to drama, jealousy and conflict.

Golubovi i jastrebovi

In a typically Sardinian setting, through a dramatic love story, Deledda depicts the conflict between two families and their worlds – the peaceful, honest "doves" and the aggressive, greedy "hawks".

Gonič zmajeva

A poignant story of friendship, betrayal and redemption in Afghanistan. Amir and Hassan grow up together until war and Taliban terror destroy their world. A classic of contemporary world literature.

Gospoda Golovljovi

A rare and sought-after first Croatian edition of a classic of Russian literature. A masterpiece of satirical realism, it depicts the tragic story of the decline of the noble Golovlev family over several generations.

Gospodin G.A. u gradu X

Mr. G.A. in the City of X by Tibor Déry is a Kafkaesque dystopia about a man who arrives in a perfect city where everything is permitted, but precisely because of that, nothing has meaning or value anymore.

Gospodin i gospodja Molog

This intriguing satirical novella by French writer Marcel Prévost wittily dissects the German national character, the authoritarian mentality, and petty-bourgeois family life at the beginning of the 20th century.