Social literature
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.
Robijaši, kolonisti i kanaci
Convicts, Colonists and Kanaks is a powerful story about life in a French penal colony, which explores justice, freedom and colonial exploitation through the fates of convicts, colonists and Kanaks, while criticizing the dehumanizing system.
Sabrana dela 10: Mati
A poor Chinese peasant woman, abandoned by her husband, raises three children alone, struggling with hunger, poverty and social pressures. A moving story of maternal strength and sacrifice.
Sabrana dela 12: Paviljon žena
The novel The Pavilion of Women (1946) is one of Pearl S. Buck's most intimate and subtle stories. It is set among the old, wealthy Chinese Wu family, in the years immediately before the Japanese invasion.
Sabrana dela 13: Ponosito srce
One of Pearl S. Buck's less frequently mentioned but very powerful novels (1938), which is quite different from her Chinese sagas. It is the story of a gifted, proud woman who struggles to remain both an artist and a woman, in a world that finds it diffic
Sabrana dela 15: Sinovi
After their father's death, the three sons of peasant Wang Lung leave the land he loved; war, greed, and revolution tear the family apart and destroy the inheritance.
Sabrana dela 16: Skriveni cvet
The novel is an intimate, emotional story of forbidden love in post-war Japan. One of Buck's most personal works on the subject of interracial relationships. Less epic, more psychological and melancholic than her Chinese novels.
Sabrana dela 2: Dobra zemlja
Pearl S. Buck depicts the life of Chinese peasant Wang Lung, his rise from poverty to wealth, and the disintegration of family ties. The novel explores the relationship between man and land, tradition, social change, and moral challenges.
Sabrana dela 3: Drugi bogovi
The novel Other Gods is a satirical and psychological story about the American cult of celebrity, idolatry, and the need of the masses to create "gods" out of ordinary people.
Sabrana dela 6: Glasovi u kući
U patricijskoj obitelji Asher dugogodišnji služitelji i njihova kći Jessica žive u sjeni gospodara; kad se djevojka izmakne kontroli, stabilnost kuće se ruši.
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