A Tomb for Boris Davidovich

A Tomb for Boris Davidovich PDF Author: Danilo Kiš
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
ISBN: 9781564782731
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174

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"Kis is one of the handful of incontestably major writers of the second half of the century . . . Danilo Kis preserves the honor of literature." Partisan Review

A Tomb for Boris Davidovich

A Tomb for Boris Davidovich PDF Author: Danilo Kiš
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
ISBN: 9781564782731
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174

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Book Description
"Kis is one of the handful of incontestably major writers of the second half of the century . . . Danilo Kis preserves the honor of literature." Partisan Review

Early Sorrows

Early Sorrows PDF Author: Danilo Kiš
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811213905
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 142

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A group of linked stories that memorialize Danilo Kis's early years in a Yugoslavian village. The 19 pieces cover his crucial first bereavements and humiliations, striking various tones - from pastorals to exercises in humour.

The Encyclopedia of the Dead

The Encyclopedia of the Dead PDF Author: Danilo Kiš
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 9780810115149
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220

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In these stories Kis depicts human relationships, encounters, landscapes- the multitude of details that make up a human life.

Garden, Ashes

Garden, Ashes PDF Author: Danilo Kiš
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
ISBN: 9781564783264
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 188

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Garden, Ashes is the remarkable account of Andi Scham's childhood during World War II, as his Jewish family traverses Eastern Europe to escape persecution. As the family moves from house to house, the novel focuses on Andi's relationship with his father; he recounts the endless hours his father poured into the creation of his all-inclusive third edition of the Bus, Ship, Rail, and Air Travel Guide, to the bizarre sermons he delivered to his befuddled family, to his eventual disappearance and assumed death at Auschwitz. Despite the apocalyptic events fueling this family's story, Kis's writing emphasizes the specific details of life during this period, constructing a personal account of a future artist growing up under the shadow of the Nazis and in a world capable of containing a person as unique as his father.

Homo Poeticus

Homo Poeticus PDF Author: Danilo Kis
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374529442
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 302

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Serbian writer Danilo Kis was preoccupied with man's dehumanization in a mechanized, totalitarian world. His dazzling fiction established him as one of the most artful and eloquent authors of postwar Europe. In this first collection of his non-fiction, Kis displays the dynamic, sensitive, and insistently questioning approach to the dilemmas of the modern world that distinguishes his novels and stories and confirms his reputation as one of the most important voices of our time.

The Lute and the Scars

The Lute and the Scars PDF Author: Danilo Kiš
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781564787354
Category : Short stories, Serbian
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Written between 1980 and 1986, the stories in The Lute and the Scars were transcribed from the manuscripts left by Danilo Kis following his death in 1989. Many are autobiographical. Others resurrect protagonists belonging to Kis's fellow Central European novelists.

The Attic

The Attic PDF Author: Danilo Kis
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
ISBN: 1564787753
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100

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The Attic is Danilo Kiš’s first novel. Written in 1960, published in 1962, and set in contemporary Belgrade, it explores the relationship of a young man, known only as Orpheus, to the art of writing; it also tracks his relationship with a colorful cast of characters with nicknames such as Eurydice, Mary Magdalene, Tam-Tam,and Billy Wise Ass. Rich with references to music, painting, philosophy, and gastronomy, this bohemian Bildungsroman is a laboratory of technique and style for the young Kiš at once a depiction of life in literary Belgrade, a register of stylistic devices and themes that would recur throughout Kiš’s oeuvre, and an account of one young man's quest to find a way to balance his life, his loves, and his art.

Birth Certificate

Birth Certificate PDF Author: Mark Thompson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780801448881
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
An engaging and experimental biography of Danilo Kis (1935-89), the Yugoslav novelist, essayist, poet, and translator whose work generated storms of controversy in his homeland but today holds classic status.

Imagined Dialogues

Imagined Dialogues PDF Author: Gordana Crnković
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 9780810117181
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 180

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Book Description
By conducting imagined dialogues between selected literary works - Eastern European on one hand, American and English on the other - this book proposes an effective way of reading literature, one that goes beyond the narrowing categories of contemporary critical trends.

Hourglass

Hourglass PDF Author: Danilo Kiš
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 9780810115132
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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Of all Danilo Kis's books, HOURGLASS, the account of the final months in one man's life before he is sent to a concentration camp, is generally considered his masterpiece. "A finely sustained, complex fictional performance. It is full of pain and rage and gusto and joy of living, at once side-splitting and a heartbreaker".--WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD.