Entries from November 2007

Garden, Ashes

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Garden, Ashes

by Danilo Kiš (1965)

An intensely detailed semi-autobiographical story about a child living in Hungary during the World War II.

The Encyclopedia of the Dead

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The Encyclopedia of the Dead

by Danilo Kiš (1983)

A collection of metaphysical short stories set in various times and places, luminously darkened with the themes of fate and death’s impenetrability.

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