Social literature

Imati i nemati

To Have and Have Not (1937) follows Harry Morgan, who during the Great Depression engages in smuggling and illegal business to survive. The novel sharply contrasts the rich and the poor, depicting the struggle for survival in a harsh world.

I ne reče ni reči

In Boll's novels, one of the central themes is the attempt to preserve basic moral values ​​in a time of terror, as well as in a period of material prosperity and corruption.

Informator

Informator (1894) is a shorter prose work by Vjenceslav Novak, edited by Slavko Ježić (the third volume of Collected Works). It is one of Novak's most socially engaged texts and is typical of his realistic approach.

Interdjevočka

The novel follows the life of a Moscow nurse who works at night as an "intergirl" - a prostitute for foreigners. The novel depicts moral dilemmas, economic despair and the collapse of values ​​in late Soviet society.

Iseljenici

The book "Emigrants" by the Portuguese writer Ferreira de Castro is one of the most important works of Portuguese literature, published in 1928. Great photomontage and cover by an unknown author from 1940.

Izabrana djela 8: Kavkaske pripovijetke / Sevastopoljske pripovijetke / Kozaci

The eighth volume of the Selected Works of Leo N. Tolstoy brings together the novel Cossacks, Caucasian Tales, and Sevastopol Tales, works inspired by the author's experiences from military service in the Caucasus and the Crimean War.

Izabrana djela 9: Obiteljska sreća / Polikuška / Smrt Ivana Iljiča / Vlast tame / Plodovi prosvjete / Živi leš / Uspomene

The ninth volume of Selected Works of Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy brings together representative short stories, plays, and autobiographical writings in which the author explores love, death, social injustice, morality, and spiritual renewal.

Izabrane novele

A collection of the best stories by Elin Pelin, translated by Ivan Esih. It brings powerful, realistic and warm stories from the Bulgarian countryside – poverty, suffering, cunning, humor and the deep humanity of the ordinary peasant.

Iz svijeta potlačenih: pripovijesti i članci

Jadnici

An epic tale of redemption, sacrifice and hope, with an emphasis on the moral struggle of the individual in a ruthless society. Hugo's ability to combine philosophical depth with suspenseful action makes the work timeless, and its message of justice and h