| Early Sorrows: Memoir Contributor(s): Heim, Michael Henry (Author), Kis, Danilo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0811213900 ISBN-13: 9780811213905 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 1998 Annotation: Translated front the Serbian by Michael Henry Heim. Originally published in Belgrade in 1969 and never before translated tutu English, Early Sorrows is a stunning group of linked stories that memorialize Danilo Kis's childhood. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 98025223 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.67" W x 8.3" (0.59 lbs) 118 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A group of linked stories that memorialize Danilo Kis's early years in a Yugoslavian village. The 19 pieces cover his crucial first bereavements and humiliations, striking various tones - from pastorals to exercises in humour. |
Contributor Bio(s): Heim, Michael Henry: - Working with great Czech, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, French, Italian, German, and Dutch authors, Michael Henry Heim--one of America's greatest translators--won many awards, including the Helen and Kurt Wolff Prize, the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation and the PEN Translation Prize.Kis, Danilo: - Danilo Kis was one of Serbia's most influential writers and the author of several novels and short-story collections, including A Tomb for Boris Davidovich, The Encyclopedia of the Dead, and Hourglass. In 1980 Kis was awarded the Grand Aigle d'Or from the city of Nice. He died in 1989 at the age of 54. |