German literature

Grand Hotel

A grand hotel in the center of 1920s Berlin serves as a microcosm of the modern world in Vicki Baum’s celebrated novel, a Weimar-era best seller that retains all its verve and luster today.

Gubitak

The novel explores trauma and dealing with the past through the story of former soldier and prisoner Erik Svensson. Set in post-war Germany, Lenz explores themes of guilt, identity, and trying to find meaning in life after the war.

Heinrich Heine

Homo faber

Homo Faber by Max Friš is one of the most important and most read books of the 20th century: engineer Valter Faber believes in his rational view of the world, which is permanently shattered by a 'love story'.

Ich liebte ein Mädchen - Ein Briefwechsel

I Jimmy se približava dugi 1-2

A political and psychological drama set in Vienna between 1938 and 1969. Although inspired by real events from the West German metropolis between 1934 and 1965, the author changed the time and place of the action to protect the identities of real people.

Iskra života

Iskra života

Ispovijest jednog turista

Hearing in "Confessions of a Tourist", the author turned the material for conversations, conducted for the press over the years, into a fictitious hearing in which questions are asked about politics, adventures, literature, criticism...

Izgubljena čast Katarine Blum i druga djela

A collection of six short stories that explore the moral, social, and political themes of postwar Germany, marked by Böll's sharp critical eye and empathy for the common man. An afterword by Viktor Žmegač contextualizes the works within Böll's oeuvre.