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23 popular croatian books
Travel the world without leaving your chair. The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world. All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Europe Challenge" were written by authors from Croatia. Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.

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They Would Never Hurt a Fly : War Criminals on Trial in The Hague by Slavenka Drakulić EN

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"Who were they? Ordinary people like you or me—or monsters?” asks internationally acclaimed author Slavenka Drakulic as she sets out to understand the people behind the horrific crimes committed during the war that tore apart Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Drawing on firsthand observations of the trials, as well as on other sources, Drakulic portrays some of the individuals accused of murder, rape, torture, ordering executions, and more during one of the most brutal conflicts in Europe in the twentieth century, including former Serbian president Slobodan Miloševic; Radislav Krstic, the first to be s... continue

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Trieste by Daša Drndić ES

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Country: Europe / Croatia flag Croatia
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Haya Tedeschi espera junto a un cesto repleto de cartas, fotografías, recortes, versos, testimonios, listados... A los ochenta y tres años, su historia, reflejo de un pasado turbulento, se ha quebrado ya en mil pedazos que Haya repasa uno a uno: la infancia en Gorizia, en el seno de una familia judía multilingüe, Trieste y el ascenso del totalitarismo, los años de juventud, el cine y el primer amor. Pero también están la guerra, los trenes cerrados y los campos de exterminio, como la antigua arrocera de San Sabba, de la que día y noche sal&... continue

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Vang de haas : roman by Lana Bastas̆ic̓ NL

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Een dynamisch en ontroerend verhaal over vriendschap, volwassen worden en de invloed van de Balkanoorlog in de jaren negentig op een hele generatie Twaalf jaar nadat ze elkaar voor het laatst hebben gezien, krijgt Sara een telefoontje van Lejla, haar beste vriendin van vroeger. Sara woont al jarenlang in Dublin terwijl Lejla in hun moederland Bosnië is gebleven. Lejla vraagt haar naar Mostar te komen om samen op zoek te gaan naar Armin, Lejla’s broer die lang geleden vermist is geraakt. Sara twijfelt of ze wel moet gaan, ze noemt Dublin nu eindelijk haar thuis en ze voelt er w... continue
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