The novel explores the destructive forces of inheritance, passion, and violence in modern industrial society. The action takes place largely on the railroad, a symbol of speed, destiny, and inevitable doom. “Beast Man” is the first description of crime in
Nolit, 1940.
Serbian. Latin alphabet. Paperback with dust jacket.
At the age of forty, Goran Tribuson published a book that will permanently win over the readership. The novel "History of Pornography" and the year 1988 will be on every list of anthology readings and important years for contemporary Croatian prose.
Znanje, 1988.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
In The Mysterious Rider, Bill Belound's foster daughter Columbine agrees to marry his son Jack out of love for her foster father. Jack is a coward, a drunkard, a gambler and a thief, and Columbine actually loves the cowboy Wilson Moore.
Otokar Keršovani, 1977.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
2.98 €
Novel • A war novel • Russian literature • Historical novel
"Quiet Don" (1928–1940), a monumental epic by Mikhail Sholokhov, follows the life of Cossacks on the Don River in Russia during the turbulent years before, during, and after the Russian Revolution (1910–1922). In the novel, Sholokhov depicts the tragic co
Homo Faber by Max Friš is one of the most important and most read books of the 20th century: engineer Valter Faber believes in his rational view of the world, which is permanently shattered by a 'love story'.