Vitezović's aphorisms suggest a double reception to the modern reader in a certain, sensitive way.
They should be read in the time when they were written and now, so to speak, timeless, when the so-called reality surpassed and rhymed with many "harsh words" with its original satire.
The humorous play Villagers in the City presents a humorous depiction of the encounter between rural and urban mentality. The plot revolves around the arrival of rural characters in the city, where they are confronted with urban customs and lifestyles, wh
St. Kugli, 1883.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
6.74 €
Humor and Satire • Poetry • Croatian literature
Predrag Lucić's second book of poetry, after "The Lovers from Verona" (2007), is a collection of irony, melancholy and contempt for canons - a dedication to the "ridicules" of Split, those who have woven their antics into the city's collective memory.
Algoritam, 2012.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
6.345.07 €
Humor and Satire • Novel • Historical novel • Czech literature
Jiří Šotola's quasi-historical novel Pile on a Spit depicts the absurdity of life through the story of the antihero – the puppeteer Matija Pile (Matěj Kuře), a puppeteer of history during the Napoleonic Wars. The novel criticizes totalitarianism through b
August Cesarec, 1983.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.