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Middlemarch I: Gospođica Brooke
U prvoj knjizi romana upoznajemo Dorotheu Brooke, 19-godišnju djevojku koja želi veliki život posvećen dobru. Udaje se za starog učenjaka Casaubona misleći da će joj pomoći u intelektualnom radu, ali brak donosi razočaranje.
Život je negdje drugdje
Jaromil, mladi pjesnik odgajan od posesivne majke, traži "pravi život" u poeziji i revoluciji. Njegova lirska mladost, ljubavi i idealizam vode ga u konformizam i izdaju intimnih odnosa – umire mlad i neostvaren.
Pripovijest o doktoru Dolittleu
A series of children's stories about the kind-hearted doctor John Dolittle who learns to talk to animals, becomes a veterinarian and experiences adventures: he treats monkeys in Africa, sails the sea, rescues a naturalist, encounters pirates and visits ma
Pažnja
Francesco Merighi vraća se u Rim nakon 9 godina u inozemstvu. Da bi napisao "autentičan" roman, vodi dnevnik o životu sa suprugom i njezinom kćeri Babe. Opsesivno analizira laž u odnosima, iskušenje incesta i nemogućnost autentičnosti.
Automat
Zbirka od 41 kratke priče: likovi djeluju kao "automati" – mehanički, bezvoljno, nesposobni za autentičnu reakciju na životne probleme. Moderni čovjek otuđen, zarobljen u rutini, seksu, novcu i pasivnosti, bez volje ili osjećaja.
Rimske priče: izbor
Collections of short stories from Roman life in the post-war era: ordinary people from the people and the petty bourgeoisie – the poor, workers, small craftsmen – face misery, survival, jealousy, petty deceit and moral compromises in everyday life.
Dosada
Dino, a wealthy Roman painter, suffers from a deep existential boredom - an inability to feel reality. He leaves his mother's villa, moves into a studio and enters into an obsessive relationship with the young Cecilia, which brings him jealousy and crisis
Čočara
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.
Prezir / Agostino
In "Contempt," screenwriter Riccardo obsessively searches for the reason why his wife Emilia despises and alienates him. In "Agostino," a 13-year-old boy on a summer vacation with his mother experiences a sexual awakening and perceives his mother as a wom
Konformist
Marcello Clerici, obsessed with normality after a traumatic childhood and a homosexual attack, becomes a fascist bureaucrat. He marries the average Giulia, and on their "honeymoon" in Paris, he is assigned to kill a former professor, anti-fascist Quadri.