"Psalm 44" is the last major work of fiction by Danilo Kiš to
be translated into English, and his only novel dealing explicitly
with Auschwitz (where his own father died). Written when he was
only twenty-five, before embarking on the masterpieces that would
make him an integral figure in twentieth-century letters, Psalm 44
shows Kiš at his most lyrical and unguarded, demonstrating that
even in "the place of dragons... covered with the shadow of death,"
there can still be poetry. Featuring characters based on actual
inmates and warders -- including the abominable Dr. Mengele --
"Psalm 44" is a baring of many of the themes, patterns, and
preoccupations Kiš would return to in future, albeit never with the
same starkness or immediacy.
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