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Danilo Kis

Works by Danilo Kis
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Early Sorrows: (For Children and Sensitive Readers [Buy Direct]
by Danilo Kis
Translated by Michael Heim
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Tomb for Boris Davidovich [Buy Direct]
by Danilo Kis
Translated by Duska Mikic-Mitchell
Original title: Grobnica za Barisa Davidovica
Composed of seven dark tales, A Tomb for Boris Davidovich presents variations on the theme of political and social self-destruction throughout Eastern Europe in the first half of the twentieth century. The characters in these stories are caught in a world of political hypocrisy, wh  (more...)

Encyclopaedia of the Dead
by Danilo Kis
Translated by Michael Henry Heim
Original title: Enciklopedija mrtvih
Kis was a typically untypical Jew; born in Yugoslavia, familiar with Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Hungarian and French he stood at the crossing of languages and places that has often been the destiny of European Jews.  (more...)

Garden, Ashes [Buy Direct]
by Danilo Kis
Original title: Basta, pepeo

Sandglass [Buy Direct]
by Danilo Kis

Garden, Ashes [Buy Direct]
by Danilo Kis
Translated by William J. Hannaher
Original title: Basta, pepeo
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 fath  (more...)



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