Italian literature

I Capolavori del cinema

Ime ruže

Umberto Eco

Eco's philosophical-religious-criminological novel The Name of the Rose was immediately recognized as an exceptional work, so it became - and remains - a book that is read and talked about all over the world.

Italijanski kapričo

Izuzetni leševi / Svakom svoje

Extraordinary Corpses and Each to His Own are two of the most famous political-crime novels by Leonardo Sciascia, an Italian writer and essayist who, through literature, dissected the mechanisms of power, corruption, and evil in contemporary society, espe

Jedna žena… Mnoge žene…

The character of the main heroine of this novel reflects the efforts of a woman who expects a lot from life, love, and career.

Katarina Mediči

Catherine de' Medici (1965) by Ivo Luzzatti is a detailed account of the life of Catherine de' Medici (1519–1589), a Florentine noblewoman and French queen, known for her political power during the Wars of Religion in France.

Knjiga domova

Konformist

Alberto Moravia

Marcello Clerici, obsessed with normality after a traumatic childhood and a homosexual attack, becomes a fascist bureaucrat. He marries the average Giulia, and on their "honeymoon" in Paris, he is assigned to kill a former professor, anti-fascist Quadri.

Krhka dob

Povratak kćeri Amande natjerat će Luciju da se suoči s potisnutom traumom iz mladosti – brutalnim zločinom u planinama Maielle koji je zauvijek obilježio njezin život i lokalnu zajednicu.

Kronika o siromašnim ljubavnicima

U Firenci 1925–1926, u siromašnoj via del Corno, stanari žive ljubavi, siromaštvo i strahove. Dolazak fašizma razara zajednicu: ljubavnici se bore, neki umiru od nasilja, ali narodna solidarnost opstaje.