One copy is available
Are you interested in another book? You can search the offer using our search engine or browse books by category.
Édouard Peisson, a French writer specializing in maritime novels, brings a story set in the world of the sea and ships in this work, which is typical of his oeuvre.
The trip to the Karst is a small episode in the hero's life, but it perfectly revives the spirit of the turn of the century that is best characterized by Hans Driesch, a scientist, future philosopher, and founder of vitalism.
The novel depicts the social and moral decadence of the Rijeka nobility in the mid-19th century through the fate of the Stipančić family. The head of the family, Niko Stipančić, is an authoritarian father who tries to preserve his reputation and status de