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Following the fall of the Second Empire, the Rougon-Macquart family continues its moral decline. The novel depicts the social mire, corruption, hypocrisy, and financial speculation of late 19th-century Paris.
The novel follows three women connected by romantic betrayals and the literary world. Jojo, Lily, and Gemma grapple with ambition, jealousy, guilt, and the question of whether there is only one truth.
This seminal novel of Croatian Realism depicts the downfall of the Stipančić noble family from Senj through the lens of the father’s patriarchal despotism, the family’s delusions, and the social changes of the 19th century.
This cult Croatian novel follows a rebellious young woman named Marijana and her passionate yet impossible romance with a worker named Vanja. It is a story about class differences, freedom, eroticism, and the hypocritical morality of the urban elite.
Stefania Auci’s *The Sicilian Lions* is an epic saga about the rise of the Florio family. From impoverished newcomers from Calabria, they build a trading empire and become the powerful, uncrowned rulers of Sicily.
A tense and detailed look at Detroit's auto industry. Through the intertwined fates of managers, workers and designers, Hailey exposes greed, ambition, the race for profit and human drama.