Social literature

Croatian literature • Humor and Satire • A war novel • Social literature

1914

Ante Neimarević

The novel 1914 by Ante Neimarević is the first part of a satirical trilogy about World War I, published in 1937. The work is strongly autobiographical, as the author personally participated in the war as a member of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian infantry regi

Matica hrvatska, 1937.

Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.

3.99 €

American literature • Social literature

42 paralela I-II

John Dos Passos

The first part of the epic trilogy U.S.A. John Dos Passos. A mosaic of the fate of ordinary Americans in the period from 1900 to the First World War – ambition, struggle for survival, social unrest and the birth of modern America.

Hrvatska književna naklada neovisnih književnika, 1939.

Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.

4.38 €

Chinese literature • Romance Novels • Social literature

Alle Herrlichkeit auf Erden

Han Suyin

An autobiographical romance novel about a Eurasian doctor and a Western journalist in Hong Kong in 1949, amidst wars and prejudice. The best-known work of Chinese-Belgian doctor and writer Han Suyin.

Deutscher Bücherbund, 1986.

German. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.

6.74 €

Psychological novel • Slovenian literature • Social literature

Anica: roman seljačke djevojke

Fran Saleški-Finžgar

Anica by Fran Saleški Finžgar (1905) is a naturalistic novel about the fate of a young peasant girl who goes to the city to work, where temptations, exploitation, and a tragic fate await her.

Hrvatsko književno društvo Sv. Jeronima, 1933.

Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.

6.34 €

Croatian literature • Social literature

Argonauti: pričanja siromašnih ljudi

Slavko Batušić

The book shows the life of two poor friends, unemployed clerks Dominik Vrabec and Martin Mak, who wander in search of work and bread in the difficult interwar years, carrying the burden of misery, longing and a little man.

Matica hrvatska, 1936.

Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.

12.36 €

Croatian literature • Historical novel • Social literature • Biblioteka HIT

Asmodejev šal

Ivan Aralica

Asmodeus' Scarf by Ivan Aralica is a novel that, through a symbolic and historical story, explores human nature, moral dilemmas, political conflicts, and the consequences of ideological divisions in Croatian society.

Znanje, 1988.

Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.

4.26 €

Francuska književnost • Romance Novels • Social literature • Zabavna biblioteka

Atmosfere ljubavi

Andre Maurois

Der Roman schildert auf subtile und psychologische Weise drei Liebesgeschichten bzw. „Atmosphären“ anhand der Beziehung zwischen einem Mann und einer Frau und analysiert dabei verschiedene Formen der Liebe, Ehekrisen, Eifersucht, Langeweile und die Unmögl

Zabavna biblioteka - Naklada tiskare Narodnih novina, 1932.

Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.

5.42 €

German literature • Historical novel • Social literature

Aus großer Zeit

Walter Kempowski

The novel traces the rise of a bourgeois family through the imperial era, depicting the ambition, family reputation, upbringing, and everyday life of the North German bourgeoisie in a time of social change.

Albrecht Knaus Verlag, 1978.

German. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.

6.56 €

A philosophical novel • Short stories • Social literature • Italian literature

Automat

Alberto Moravia

A collection of 41 short stories: the characters act like "automatons" – mechanical, listless, incapable of authentic reaction to life's problems. Modern man alienated, trapped in routine, sex, money and passivity, without will or feelings.

Otokar Keršovani, 1966.

Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.

3.22 - 3.96 €

Francuska književnost • Psihološki roman • Socijalna književnost

Banka Nucingen

Honore de Balzac

Britka slika pariškog svijeta novca, špekulacija i društvene moći. Banka Nucingen razotkriva mehanizme financijskog uspona i moralnu cijenu bogatstva u Balzacovu društvu.

Kultura, 1953.

Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.

4.25 €