Social literature

Bura: novele

"Bura" (1928) is a collection of short stories by Ferdo Čulinović. Realistic stories inspired by the author's experience as a judge, with themes of social injustice, the common man, and turbulent social conditions in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, Slovenes

Careva Kraljevina

Choral am Ende der Reise

An international bestseller by Norwegian author Erik Fosnes Hansen. A novel about seven musicians from the Titanic orchestra; their lives and fates told over the five days leading up to the disaster in 1912.

Čiča Goriot

Uncle Goriot is one of the most famous and important novels by Honoré de Balzac, published in 1835. It is part of his vast cycle The Human Comedy (La Comédie humaine), and is considered perhaps the most successful work in that cycle.

Čiča Goriot / Eugenie Grandet

Together, Uncle Goriot and Eugenie Grandet deliver Balzac's powerful portrayal of the power of money, family relationships, and social ambitions, revealing how greed, love, and sacrifice shape human destinies.

Čiča Tomina koliba

A novel that strongly depicts the cruelty of slavery in 19th century America and is one of the most influential works in the fight against slavery. The novel (1852) caused enormous social reactions and contributed to the strengthening of the abolitionist

Čičikovljeve pustolovine ili Mrtve duše

The novel "Dead Souls" was originally conceived as a poem in 3 parts, based on Dante's Divine Comedy divided into three parts: hell, purgatory and paradise, but he wrote only one, published in 1842, and 5 fragments of the second part.

Čočara

Widow Cesira and her daughter Rosetta flee bombed Rome to their native Ciociaria, where they experience hunger, fear and misery. Liberation brings tragedy: Rosetta is raped by Moroccan soldiers, destroying their faith in God and people.

Čočara

Widow Cesira and her daughter Rosetta flee bombed Rome to their native Ciociaria, where they experience hunger, fear and misery. Liberation brings tragedy: Rosetta is raped by Moroccan soldiers, destroying their faith in God and people.

Čovjek došao u grad: Roman jednog proletariziranog seljaka

A poor peasant comes to the city seeking a better life, but faces exploitation and social injustice. The work depicts the process of proletarianization of the peasantry during the period of social change in the first half of the 20th century.