Social literature

1914

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 €
42 paralela I-II

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 €
Alle Herrlichkeit auf Erden

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 €
Anđeosko sokače

Anđeosko sokače

John B. Priestley

Dolazak zagonetnog poslovnog čoveka potresa malu londonsku firmu i živote zaposlenih, razotkrivajući njihove ljubavne iluzije, ambicije i strah od siromaštva.

Minerva, 1961.
Serbian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
4.983.74 €
Anica: roman seljačke djevojke

Anica: roman seljačke djevojke

Fran Saleški-Finžgar

„Anica“ Frana Saleškog Finžgara (1905) je naturalistički roman o sudbini mlade seljanke koja odlazi u grad na rad, gde je čekaju iskušenja, eksploatacija i tragična sudbina.

Hrvatsko književno društvo Sv. Jeronima, 1933.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
6.34 €
Argonauti: pričanja siromašnih ljudi

Argonauti: pričanja siromašnih ljudi

Slavko Batušić

Knjiga prikazuje život dva siromašna prijatelja, nezaposlenih službenika Dominika Vrabeca i Martina Maka, koji lutaju u potrazi za poslom i hlebom u teškim međuratnim godinama, noseći teret bede, čežnje i malog čoveka.

Matica hrvatska, 1936.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
12.36 €
Asmodejev šal

Asmodejev šal

Ivan Aralica

Asmodejeva marama Ivana Aralice je roman koji kroz simboličku i istorijsku priču istražuje ljudsku prirodu, moralne dileme, političke sukobe i posledice ideoloških podela u hrvatskom društvu.

Znanje, 1988.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
4.26 €
Atmosfere ljubavi

Atmosfere ljubavi

Andre Maurois

The novel subtly and psychologically depicts three love stories/"atmospheres" through the relationship between a man and a woman, analyzing different forms of love, marital crises, jealousy, boredom and the impossibility of complete understanding between

Zabavna biblioteka - Naklada tiskare Narodnih novina, 1932.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
5.42 €
Aus großer Zeit

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 €
Automat

Automat

Moravia
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 €