Social literature

Žerminal

Émile Zola

In his best work, Germinal, Émile Zola realistically described the inhuman living and working conditions of miners in northern France in the 60s of the 19th century.

Žetva

In the abandoned Provençal village of Aubignane lives the recluse Panturle. The arrival of young Arsula changes his life and gradually brings life back to the village that was doomed to disappear. With a foreword by Josip Bogner.

Život i pustolovine trubadurke Beatriz prema svjedočanstvima njezine žonglerke Laure

The novel combines elements of socialist realism, feminism, and the fantastic. Set in medieval France and East Germany, the novel explores themes of women's emancipation, art, and social struggle through the story of Beatriz and Laura.

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.

Životne pojave

Životne pojave (1970.) je roman koji, iako manje poznat od Hallovih country pjesama, nudi toplu priču o životu običnih ljudi u ruralnoj Americi. Smješten u Tennessee, roman prati svakodnevicu malih zajednica kroz prizmu Hallova lirskog pripovijedanja.

Život puža

Puž slučajno dospeva iz seoskog mira u gradsku vrevu, a njegovo neobično putovanje postaje duhovita i setna slika ljudske okrutnosti, otuđenja i nezaštićenosti.

Život u visokom društvu

Roman prati Džoa Lamptona, ambicioznog čoveka koji, nakon uspeha, pokušava da održi svoj položaj u visokom društvu, ali se suočava sa krizom braka, morala i sopstvenih vrednosti.

Život za opanke

The first literary work by Ivo Balentović, in which, through stories from Slavonian, Šokac rural life, he depicts the difficult fate of peasants, the penetration of capitalism into the countryside, emigration and the struggle for survival.

Zločin

Crime (1955) by Ivan Potrč is a historical novella that focuses on the last days of communist illegals Đuro Đaković and Nikola Hećimović, key figures of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in the period between the two world wars.

Zmijski skot: roman iz današnjeg života