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The most expensive book we sell costs 10,000 euros, and one of the most sought after was destroyed by partisans...

Of all Croatian antiquarians, Daniel Glavan and his Biblos are the most common address for old and rare Croatian books. For Glavan, it is "a job, a passion, and a hobby." He is interested in manuscript books, books written in Glagolitic and Croatian Cyrillic, first editions by authors such as Marulić and Bošković. The most expensive book is sold for 10,000 euros, and some of the most sought-after books were destroyed.

23.01.2024.

George Orwell a rebel with a cause

George Orwell was born under the name Eric Arthur Blair in 1903 in India in the Sahib class (the name by which Europeans were addressed in the colonial era). His father was a British official in the Indian civil service, and his mother, French, was the daughter of an unsuccessful teak merchant in Burma. His family was part of the upper middle class, and Orwell himself later referred to this class as the "landless nobility", that is, people whose pretensions to social status do not correspond to

15.01.2024.

Charles Bukowski is a deeply honest and brutally emotional writer

Charles Bukowski was born in Germany in 1920. His mother was German, and his father was an American soldier. He was an only child. When he was two years old, Charles boarded a ship with his parents and sailed to the United States. They settled in Los Angeles, where Bukowski lived for the rest of his life. The writer had a very difficult childhood. He described it as a horror story and stated that his father beat him almost daily. Looking back on his upbringing, he once asserted: "It was a very g

01.12.2023.

Jon Fosse winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2023

Jon Fosse wins the hearts of readers with minimalist dramas whose language borders on lyrical prose and poetry. He is a genius, a modern classic, a successor to Ibsen. This award confirms his ability to evoke emotions, drawing readers into the depths of the human psyche.

31.10.2023.

Meša Selimović, a giant of Bosnian literature

Meša Selimović is a great Bosnian writer born on April 26, 1910 in Tuzla. He developed his love for reading as a teenager. He considers Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel "Crime and Punishment" to be a crucial work that shaped his literary path.

29.09.2023.

Alexander Solzhenitsyn from the Gulag to the Nobel Prize

Alexander Solzhenitsyn joined the Red Army during Nazi Germany's attack on the Soviet Union. As a commander, he participated in the liberation of Orel and Berlin. Criticism of Stalin led to his imprisonment for "counter-revolutionary activities".

01.09.2023.

Thomas Bernhard is a gifted writer, a vulnerable and tormented man

Thomas Bernhard has often been compared to Kafka and Becket. His novels are considered masterpieces of the 20th century. He began his career as a poet in the 1950s, and published his first novel "Mraz" in 1963. In his works, he explores themes such as death, faith and nonsense.

31.07.2023.

Croatian encyclopedia - a significant project by Mate Ujević

The Croatian encyclopedia project began at the end of the 1930s in Zagreb with the aim of creating a general and national encyclopedia. Ujević emphasized the importance of the project for Croatian cultural identity, providing readers with the history and present of Croatia.

30.06.2023.

Helena Blavatsky, mystic of the 19th century

Helena Blavatsky, a 19th century mystic, moved to New York in 1873. Together with Henry Steele Olcott, she founded the Theosophical Society. Their esoteric teaching combines Indian philosophy and religion with Western mysticism with the motto: "There is no religion above the truth". She was faced with numerous accusations.

06.06.2023.