Američka književnost

Večer u Bizantu

An Evening in Byzantium (1973) by Irwin Shaw is a novel that follows Jesse Craig, a once-successful Hollywood producer in middle age, whose life is falling apart.

Veličanstveni izvor

The Fountainhead is the novel by Ayn Rand, which deals with the themes of individualism, creativity and the fight against conformity. The main character, architect Howard Roark, represents the ideal of an individualist who fights for his principles an

Veliki Gatsby

The Great Gatsby (1925), the cult work of the leader of the American "lost generation". The most famous novel of the American writer thematizes the decline of the American dream and the moral decadence of fashionable American society.

Veliko ništavilo

The second novel from Ellroy's L.A. quartet, a dark noir thriller set in Los Angeles in the 1950s, which explores corruption, power and the moral abyss. The story follows three main characters involved in the world of crime and political intrigue during t

Venecijanski finale

Vesele pustolovine Robina Hooda koji se proslavio u grofoviji Nottingham

The most popular adventurer of the last eight centuries, Robin Hood is a legendary outlaw from Sherwood Forest. He is just and generous, an unparalleled marksman, prone to jokes and songs, "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor" - the true embodime

Vijetnam

Vietnam features Mary McCarthy's travelogues of war-torn Vietnam. The author critically portrays the war, political propaganda, and the dire consequences of the conflict for the civilian population.

Vikend u Parizu

Vikend u Parizu četvrti je roman mlade američke spisateljice Robyn Sisman, koja je nakon studija književnosti na Oxfordu, odlučila živjeti u Londonu, a već prvim romanom postigla je zavidan uspjeh.

Visoki prozor

Roman Visoki prozor, treći u seriji o privatnom detektivu Philipu Marloweu, odvija se u sunčanom, ali pokvarenom Los Angelesu. Marlowe, cinik s srcem, navigira kroz hollywoodski sjaj, gdje visoki prozori skrivaju padove u ponor.

Voda teče, trava se zeleni

U ovoj čudesnoj i objesnoj priči književnika iz plemena Cherokee, snažne drske žene i zlosretni tvrdoglavi muškarci u potrazi za srednjim putem između američke domorodačke tradicije i suvremenog svijeta izvode složeni ples prilaženja i izbjegavanja.