Short stories

12 stolica

A satirical search for hidden treasure in post-revolutionary Russia. Former nobleman Ippolit Matveyevich Vorobyaninov and con artist Ostap Bender chase after valuables, exposing the greed and absurdities of Soviet society.

7 mladih

Afrička ljubičica

A collection of psychological stories by Grozdana Olujić from 1985. Through motifs of loneliness, longing, and interpersonal relationships, the author sensitively analyzes the intimate dramas and repressed feelings of everyday people.

Anđeo u ofsajdu

The collection of stories Anđeo u offside received the most important Croatian literary awards and the praise of all Croatian critics, and it was in first place on the top book list for almost two years. One of the most important domestic prose books in t

Antikvarijat

"Antikvarijat" is a collection of extremely short stories (very short stories), of the Harms type, which connect the character of a seller in an antique store.

Antologija poljske pripovijetke XX stoljeća

The anthology, edited and translated by Zdravko Malić, a leading Croatian Polish scholar and founder of the Polish Language Department at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Zagreb, represents a key selection of Polish short fiction from the 20th century.

Automat

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.

Bajke za plažu

60 ironic, bittersweet urban fairy tales are collected in the book Fairy Tales for the Beach. Mraović's short prose has kept the humor trained at Harms and does not fall into the trap of appealing stories "for all ages".

Bregovi kao beli slonovi

A collection of 14 short stories by Hemingway from 1927. The stories depict men in situations of loneliness, war, sports competition, love conflicts, and facing death, including the famous story The Hills Like White Elephants.

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