other on historical complexities of the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina), and two other novels. The year 2000 was another turning point for Aralica: his party, HDZ, lost the elections and power, and writer was embroiled in a bitter polemic with new authorities (which were to hold power for the next four years). Aralica began writing satirical romans à clef (thinly disguised quasi-faction). The most famous one is Fukara (Good for nothing) from 2002, a satirical-political attack on multiculturalist ideology as promulgated by controversial American billionaire George Soros. The literary value of his works published during this period was often disputed, and they were seen by many left-wing literary critics (Perišić, Jergović, Tagirov, Alajbegović) as little more than tasteless political pamphlets. However, Aralica has also become one of the cultural and intellectual icons of nationalist conservatism in Croatia, advocating the return to the tradition symbolized by "ognjište" (hearth). Intellectuals on the Right defended his novels claiming that they were brilliant political satires. Still vigorously writing in his eight decade, Aralica is considered one of the best Croatian novelists of the second half of the 20th century. Works Konjanik (1971) Opsjene paklenih crteža (1977) Psi u trgovištu (1979) Put bez sna (1982) Duše robova (1984) Graditelj svratišta (1986) Asmodejev šal (1988) Zadah ocvalog imperija (1991) Sokak triju ruža (1992) Majka Marija (1992) Spletanje i raspletanje čvorova (1993) Što sam rekao o Bosni (1995) I tu je kraj (1999) Ambra (2000) Fukara (2002) Puž (2004) Duh zloduha (2020) Notes References External links Ivan Aralica 1930 births Living people People from Promina, Croatia Croatian novelists Male novelists Croatian essayists Croatian male writers Male essayists Members of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts Representatives in the modern Croatian Parliament Vladimir Nazor Award winners University of Zadar alumni Croatian screenwriters