| Encyclopedia of the Dead Contributor(s): Kis, Danilo (Author), Heim, Michael Henry (Translator) |
|
 |
ISBN: 081011514X ISBN-13: 9780810115149 Publisher: Northwestern University Press OUR PRICE: $18.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1998 Annotation: Continuing the European Classics series, here is the first paperback edition of ". . . one of the finest fantastic collections since Borge's FICCIONES" (THE NATION). In these stories Danilo Kis depicts human relationships, encounters, landscapes--the multitude of details that make up a human life. "Remarkable . . . . A shadow of death darkens this book, but it is a beautiful shadow and a luminescent darkness".--THE NEW REPUBLIC. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 97026747 |
| Series: European Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.18" W x 7.86" (0.55 lbs) 201 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |