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"Let us not mince words here: Danilo Kis's Garden, Ashes is an
unmitigated masterpiece, surely not just one of the best books
about the Holocaust, but one of the greatest books of the past
century." Aleksandar Hemon, from the introduction
'For once there had been false idols and asses' heads drawn on the
walls...' Sleepers awake in a remote cave and the ancient mystic
Simon Magus attempts a miracle, in these two magical, otherworldly
tales from one of the greatest voices of twentieth-century Europe.
Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit
of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one
offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international
flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James
Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to
Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and
disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep
South to modern Japan, New York's underground scene to the farthest
reaches of outer space.
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Psalm 44 (Hardcover)
Danilo Kis; Translated by John K. Cox; Preface by Aleksandar Hemon
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R352
Discovery Miles 3 520
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"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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The Attic (Paperback)
Danilo Kis; Translated by John K. Cox
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R391
R326
Discovery Miles 3 260
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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.
An entrancing, otherworldly collection of short stories from one of
Europe's most accomplished 20th century writers, new to Penguin
Modern Classics A counter-prophet attempts the impossible to prove
his power; a girl sees the hideous fate of her sisters and father
in a mirror bought from a gypsy; the death of a prostitute causes
an unanticipated uprising; and the lives of every ordinary person
since 1789 are recreated in the almighty Encyclopedia of the Dead.
These stories about love and death, truth and lies, myth and
reality range across many epochs and settings. Brilliantly
combining fact and fiction, epic and miniature, horror and comedy,
this was Danilo Kis final work, published in Serbo-Croatian in
1983. Kis is one of the great European writers of the post-war
period - Guardian Compulsively readable - Daily Telegraph Fantasy
chases reality and reality chases fantasy. Pirandello and Borges
are not far away. But these names are intended as approximate
references. Kis is a new, original writer - Times Literary
Supplement Intense and exotic, his mysteries hint at unspeakable
secrets that remain forever beyond the story-teller's grasp - Boyd
Tonkin Danilo Kis was born in the then Kingdom of Yugoslavia in
1935. After an unsettled childhood during the Second World War, in
which several of his family members were killed, Kis studied
literature at the University of Belgrade where he lived for most of
his adult life. He wrote novels, short stories and poetry and went
on to receive the prestigious NIN Award for his novel Pescanik. He
died in Paris in 1989. Mark Thompson is a British historian. His
published work includes Birth Certificate: The Story of Danilo Kis.
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 most famous collection of short fiction by acclaimed
Yugoslavian writer Danilo Kis. In these nine stories Kis depicts
human relationships, encounters, landscapes--the multitude of
details that make up a human life. Kis combines fiction and history
in postmodern style, and in a postscript provides fascinating
historical backgrounds and other notes for the reader that add
interest and context. An enduring classic of Slavic literary
fiction.
From young Andi Scham's memories emerges the story of his father,
who recedes from life in Yugoslovia and then disappears in the
Holocaust. Andi's search for him is a story that "claims you like a
symphonic poem" (Library Journal). Translated by William J.
Hannaher.
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.
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