Polish literature

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.

Bez dogme

Published in 1891, the novel is one of Henryk Sienkiewicz's most famous psychological and social works. Unlike his historical novels, this work presents an introspective and philosophical account of the decadent nobility of the 19th century.

Chopin

Devet

“Nine” (1999) by Andrzej Stasiuk, one of the most important contemporary Polish writers, is an unusual thriller that follows a small shopkeeper, Paweł, a modern-day Ulysses, whose life changes abruptly when debt collectors rob him and destroy his apartmen

Devojka i golubovi

Young Edek lives with his elderly father who tries to keep his son by his side. The boy's longing for freedom and a girl clashes with his father's possessiveness. The pigeons symbolize unattainable freedom. The conflict leads to a tragic ending.

Devojka i golubovi, Mlin na kamjoni

Fenomeni Wojtyłine iznimnosti. Prilozi knjizevnoj biografiji pape Ivana Pavla II

A collection of essays and translations of poetry by Karol Wojtyła (Pope John Paul II) edited by Pero Mioč. The book brings contributions to the literary biography of the great pope, highlighting his poetic exceptionality, spiritual depth, and literary gi

Film zvani želja

A book by a celebrated Polish director in which he talks about his films, as well as the social engagement of artists and "the conflict between social patronage and the personal world view of a director who makes films".

Gdje je David Weiser

"Where's David Weiser?" is a novel by Pawel Huelle that, after a three-year 'bunker' in Poland, was published in 1987 and was quickly declared the "novel of the decade" by local critics, as well as a national classic.

Granica

Through the fate of the ambitious Zenon Ziembiewicz, the novel Granica depicts the transgression of moral, social and human boundaries – careerism, class differences and the price of compromise in interwar Polish society.