German literature

Dvorac

The Castle is Franz Kafka's last novel. In it, the protagonist known only as "K." he arrives in the village and struggles to gain access to the mysterious authorities who rule it from a castle supposedly owned by Count Westwest.

Effi Briest

Theodor Fontane's classic about young Effie married to an older baron. A brief extramarital affair is exposed years later, leading to social rejection, a duel, and her tragic fate.

Egmont : tragedija u pet činova

Eine Frau von 30 Jahren

Verena and Ina swear they will never marry, but love puts their long-standing friendship to the test and forces them to question their own beliefs.

Eine Zierde in ihrem Hause: Die Geschichte der Ottilie von Faber-Castell

Sixteen-year-old Ottilie von Faber inherits the A. W. Faber pencil factory in 1893. Obedient to her grandfather's will, she marries without love, and after five births and twenty years, she leaves the marriage for a secret love - at a high price.

Ein Himmel voller Sterne: Schicksal aus zweiter Hand / Das Lied der schwarzen Berge / Die Straße ohne Ende

The three novels are connected by love as fate and temptation: the kidnapping that haunts Frank Gerholdt, the forbidden love of Ralf and Rosa in Montenegro, and a journey without a safe end.

Ein Sommer mit Danica

A German doctor, broken by life's circumstances, goes to Yugoslavia where, after an accident, he meets Danica. A summer love affair by the sea brings him passion, beauty and the possibility of a new beginning.

El Hakim: Roman iz egipatskog života

An Egyptian boy from poverty dreams of becoming a doctor ("hakim" in Arabic means doctor/sage). With immense perseverance, he rises to world fame, but must choose between ambition and his roots.

Emmas Reise

The daughter of a Hamburg merchant, Emma van Haaren, sets off on a journey to Amsterdam to visit her grandmother. After an attack on her carriage, Emma flees with her young boy Valentin through a country devastated by the Thirty Years' War.

Fabian: Pripovijest o moralistu

Jakob Fabian, an unemployed Germanist and moralist, wanders through Berlin in the 1930s, observing the moral, political and social decay and the rise of Nazism. He falls in love with Cornelia, but tragedies and nonsense lead him to a tragic end. Criticism