Social literature

El Hakim: Roman iz egipatskog života

An Egyptian boy from poverty dreams of becoming a doctor ("hakim" in Arabic means doctor/sage). With immense perseverance, he rises to world fame, but must choose between ambition and his roots.

Émile Zola

In his best work, Germinal, Émile Zola realistically, in minute detail, described the inhuman living and working conditions of miners in northern France in the 1860s.

Fabian: Pripovijest o moralistu

Jakob Fabian, an unemployed Germanist and moralist, wanders through Berlin in the 1930s, observing the moral, political and social decay and the rise of Nazism. He falls in love with Cornelia, but tragedies and nonsense lead him to a tragic end. Criticism

Feminist: roman iz nedavne prošlosti

A social novel with a thesis, which follows a young intelligent woman who fights for education, independence and equality in the conservative society of the 1920s, advocating for women's emancipation and financial independence.

Feminist: roman iz nedavne prošlosti

A social novel with a thesis, which follows a young intelligent woman who fights for education, independence and equality in the conservative society of the 1920s, advocating for women's emancipation and financial independence.

Garman & Worse

Alexander Kielland's Garman & Worse is a social novel about a wealthy merchant family in a Norwegian port city. Through their fates, the author criticizes the hypocrisy, class differences, and moral dilemmas of bourgeois society.

Germinal

A novel that represents the pinnacle of literary creation by one of the most significant representatives of naturalism in literature.

Giga Barićeva 1-3

Giga Barićeva (1940) follows the life of Zagreb's bourgeois society during and after World War I. Begović's style, imbued with impressionism and wit, creates a panorama of society, while Giga personifies the struggle between freedom and expectations.

Godan

Gola maja

The famous painter Mariano Renovales, the son of a blacksmith, rises to fame in Rome, Paris and Madrid. Obsessed with his love for women and art, he paints his "Naked Maya", which leads to drama, jealousy and conflict.