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The Encyclopedia of the Dead

The Encyclopedia of the Dead

1998 ·
·4.16·1,493 Ratings ·201 Pages
“ Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation. ” ― Rumi
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  • A Tomb for Boris Davidovich

    2001·
    ·4.19·1,501 Ratings
    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
  • Garden, Ashes

    2003·
    ·4.2·760 Ratings
    In Yugoslavia during the Second World War, young Andi Scham and his beleaguered family are constantly moving, searching for refuge. Yet the physical hardships of the world do not intrude on Andi's adolescent world of vivid observation and imaginative with
  • Hourglass

    1998·
    ·4.38·299 Ratings
    Danilo Kis was one of the most artful and eloquent writers of postwar Europe. Of all his books, Hourglass, the account of the final months in one man's life before he is sent to a concentration camp, is considered to be his masterpiece.
  • The Lute and the Scars

    2012·
    ·4.07·111 Ratings
    Written between 1980 and 1986, the six stories that constitute The Lute and the Scars (as well as an untitled piece by the author, included here as “A and B”) were transcribed from the manuscripts left by Danilo Kiš following his death in 1989. Like
  • Mansarda

    2008·
    ·4.07·369 Ratings
    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
  • Rani jadi

    2005··Croatian
    ·4·1,462 Ratings
    Priče velikog pisca, modernog klasika srpske književnosti, o odrastanju i detinjstvu. Priče za decu i osetljive. Knjiga za lektiru i za uživanje.“Rani jadi su lirski. Priče su sačinjene od prizora iz mojeg detinjstva, slika koje nisu mogle da nađ
  • Čas anatomije

    2005··Croatian
    ·4.56·143 Ratings
  • A Guest in My Own Country: A Hungarian Life

    2007·
    ·3.65·72 Ratings
    Winner of the 2007 National Jewish Book Award in the category of Biography, Autobiography & MemoirA powerful memoir of war, politics, literature, and family life by one of Europe's leading intellectuals.When George Konrad was a child of eleven, he, hi
  • Jacques and His Master: An Homage to Diderot in Three Acts

    1993·
    ·3.79·824 Ratings
    Jacques and His Master is a deliciously witty and entertaining "variation" on Diderot's novel Jacques le Fatalist, written for Milan Kundera's "private pleasure" in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia.When the "heavy Russian irrational
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