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message 1: by Holly, That Geeky One (new)

Holly (hollycoulson) | 1949 comments Mod
Eastern Europe has an insane amount of Literature that spans both classics and some of the up and coming best books!

Countries include: Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Kosovo, Moldova, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, part of Turkey and Italy.

Look at Goodreads' Popular Eastern European Books list


message 2: by Dora (new)

Dora Read Les Ballades de Petrica Kerempuh by Miroslav Krleža, a really dark collection of poems, showing the harsh reality of a Croatian peasant before and during the I World War, criticising the noble class, and at the same time discussing about injustice and death.
Praise to Krleža, he was awesome author, yet 'untranslatable' and hard to understand even in my mother language, so I guess I'll continue with some lighter books.


message 3: by Dora (new)

Dora Read Matijaš Grabancijaš Dijak by Tituš Brezovački. Funny and with some folk tale elements and the moral at the end, it deserves all 5 stars.


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