Beautiful and heartbreaking … It is in the changing of one man … that one finds the most moving movements of the novel, as Antonin, the hasbeen clown, becomes a kind of hero of the human spirit. (Publisher’s Weekly)
This is a novel with autobiographical elements, in which the author, through the character of a writer in his more mature years, reflects on his own life, history, identity, and the political reality of Hungary at the time.
Književna zajednica Novog Sada, 1986.
Serbian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
5.32 €
Novel • Polish literature • Historical novel
The novel Quo Vadis is a historical saga set in Rome during the reign of Emperor Nero. Written with epochal breadth, the work explores the conflict between early Christianity and decadent Roman society, with a love story at its center.
Minerva, 1955.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
3.46 €
Novel • Croatian literature • Historical novel
For about ten years, the novel was the most widely read book, which, thanks to the interest of the readers of that time in the historical events that marked the time of the conspiracy of Croatian and Hungarian noblemen against the Austrian crown, had a hu
"Across the Sea of Sorrows" is the second part of the historical novel "The Black Queen" by Higin Dragošić. The novel is based on the life of Barbara of Celje, who was the wife of King Sigismund of Luxembourg.