The novel, written in verse, is about two brothers from the Irish island of Horse Island who head to Tibet to reach the top of the Flying Mountain.
The Chinese, the country of Kham, its inhabitants - nomads, are the setting for a story about a goal, persistence, longing, a search for an undiscovered, nameless mountain, perhaps the last "white spot" on the world map. It is also a novel about death and love.
At the heart of this fascinating multi-layered adventure novel is an authentic account of the fate of the Austro-Hungarian expedition to the North Pole in 1873.
Hearing in "Confessions of a Tourist", the author turned the material for conversations, conducted for the press over the years, into a fictitious hearing in which questions are asked about politics, adventures, literature, criticism...
The Kaiser's Coolies (1930) is an anti-militarist novel by Theodor Plievier. Based on his own experience, it depicts the brutal life of ordinary sailors in the German navy during World War I and the sailors' mutiny of 1917.
Naklada Binoza, 1934.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.
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Teen Novels • German literature • School reading
The novel humorously and warmly depicts the everyday life of a fourteen-year-old boy, Olfi (Wolfgang), the only man in a house full of women. A classic of Austrian children's literature, it is often read in elementary school.
Spark of Life follows a group of inmates in a Nazi concentration camp who, despite the constant terror, retain their moral strength and humanity. The novel depicts the struggle of the spirit against systematic destruction and the need for hope.
The Black Napoleon (1931) is a fictional biography of Toussaint Louverture. It depicts the Haitian Revolution (1791–1803), the slave uprising in Saint-Domingue, Louverture's brilliant military and political rise, and his struggle against the colonial powe
Nakladni zavod Ante Velzek, 1940.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.