Garden, Ashes by Danilo Kis
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.
DANILO KIS (Serbian Cyrillic: Данило Киш) (1935-1989) was a Yugoslavian novelist, short story writer and poet who wrote in Serbo-Croatian. Kis was influenced by Bruno Schulz, Vladimir Nabokov, Jorge Luis Borges and Ivo Andric, among other authors. His most famous works include A Tomb for Boris Davidovich and The Encyclopedia of the Dead. MICHAEL HENRY HEIM (1943-2012) was a Professor of Slavic Languages, at the University California at Los Angeles (UCLA). He received his doctorate at Harvard in 1971. He is an active and prolific translator, and is fluent in Czech, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Serbo-Croatian.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780156345484 |
| ISBN 10 | 015634548X |
| Title | Garden, Ashes |
| Author | Danilo Kis |
| Series | A Harvest Book |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Harpervia |
| Year published | 1994-12-31 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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