Social literature

Oliver Twist

Dickens' famous novel about the painful upbringing of the orphan Oliver Twist is a fascinating story of evil and a touching story for all time, which has captivated new generations of readers for more than a century and a half. New, corrected edition.

Oliver Twist I-II

Oliver Twist, a boy from an orphanage, endures hunger, abuse, and the London underworld, but despite everything, he retains his goodness. The novel criticizes social injustice and the neglect of the poor.

Opustošena zemlja

Orao i zmija

The Eagle and the Serpent depicts the author's experiences during the Mexican Revolution. Through encounters with revolutionary leaders and the events of the war, the narrator discovers the ideals, conflicts, and disappointments of the revolution.

Otići i ostati

In the novel "To Go and Stay," S. D. Curtis follows the refugee Azad in Lithuania, dissecting the tangle of doubts, prejudices, and complexities of East-West relations.

Otpadnik

The novel The Apostate by Russian author Vladimir Lidin, published in 1934 in Zagreb in the translation by Iso Velikanović, presents a powerful psychological and moral drama set in the student milieu of Soviet Russia.

Otrovana srca / Pobijeljeni grobovi

One of the most prolific Croatian realists and early naturalists with a strong right-wing orientation, in this book he brings together two stories from the Zagreb bourgeois milieu: Poisoned Hearts (1890) and Whitened Graves (1896).

Panoptikum

A powerful debut novel about fifteen-year-old Anais in a closed juvenile detention center. A poignant story of trauma, resistance, surveillance, and the search for identity in a system that destroys.

Paradies auf dem Vulkan

Ellen Bromfield Geld's layered novel set in Brazil. Love for the land, daydreaming, social change, and the struggle to preserve identity intertwine through the fates of Lia and her husband Josh.

Patnici: drama u 3 čina / Krštenje u dobroj volji: komedija u 1 činu

Two plays by Josip Selak (J. S. Savinski) – a serious portrayal of suffering in three acts and a humorous one-act play about good intentions and intrigue. Works by a lesser-known Croatian playwright and businessman from the early 20th century.