The paper analyzes the motive thematic complex of escape in the novels Izdajice and Luka by Antun Šoljan. Since the novels belong to the genre of jeans prose and the allegorical type of existentialist novel initial chapters and subchapters, the characteristics of both types of prose are analyzed. For jeans prose, it is important to emphasize the strong motif of escape and the character of the narrator. Then, will be presented the basic characteristics of selected Šoljan's novels in the circle of existentialist prose in Croatian literature. Important determinants in the work of Antun Šoljan are pointed up. The next part of the paper will be dedicated to the novel Izdajice. The following chapter will deal with the novel Luka. The paper also provides a review of the professional literature that describes the possibilities of processing such prose. The motif of escape is observed as a complex element in the prose of Antun Šoljan, and is later elaborated through individual novels and their chapters and subchapters.