Italian literature

Čočara

Alberto Moravia

Widow Cesira and her daughter Rosetta flee bombed Rome to their native Ciociaria, where they experience hunger, fear and misery. Liberation brings tragedy: Rosetta is raped by Moroccan soldiers, destroying their faith in God and people.

Crni labud

Dani zaborava

Days of Forgetting (2002), a novel by Italian mystery writer Elena Ferrante, delves into the depths of a woman's psyche through a story of sudden abandonment. For readers seeking a mirror in pain – a novel about the fall and rise of a woman in solitude.

Das Foucaultsche Pendel

Umberto Eco

Three bored Milanese editors invent a gigantic conspiracy "Plan" linked to the Templars and occult societies. The game becomes a deadly reality.

Das Mädchen, das den Himmel berührte

In Renaissance Rome, a group of young thieves flee to Venice after a deadly confrontation with the Jew Simon. There, young Mercurio meets the Jewess Giuditta, and their love leads them through hatred and revenge.

Decameron i druga djela: izbor

Dekameron

Dekameron

During the Great Plague of 1348, ten young Florentines flee to a villa and tell 100 stories over 10 days. Boccaccio's Decameron celebrates life, love, cunning, and human nature with humor and criticism of society.

Die amerikanische Braut

A psychological novel by Italian writer and director Mario Soldati about a love triangle, later adapted into a film: Italian professor Edoardo, his American wife Edith and her friend Anna. Passion, deception and tragedy.

Djevica i mondena: Roman iz rimskog života

"The Virgin and the Modest" by Italian writer Mario Puccini is a novel set in Roman life that explores love, morality, social differences, and the position of women in modern society through the contrast of two female characters.