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by: Danilo Kis, Susan Sontag See Larger Image Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 891.8245 EAN: 9780374257910 ISBN: 0374257914 Label: Farrar Straus & Giroux (T) Manufacturer: Farrar Straus & Giroux (T) Number Of Pages: 283 Publication Date: 1995-07 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux (T) Sales Rank: 202967 Studio: Farrar Straus & Giroux (T) Related Items: Early Sorrows: (For Children and Sensitive Readers A Tomb for Boris Davidovich (Eastern European Literature Series) Hourglass (European Classics) Encyclopedia of the Dead (European Classics) Garden, Ashes: A Novel (Eastern European Literature Series) see more Editorial Review: Product Description: A unique collection of the nonfiction writings of an acclaimed Serbian novelist and essayist offers intelligent and sensitive probings of such issues as nationalism, censorship, and literature, and features probing and revealing interviews. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - The Prince of Indignation, in Exile I discovered Danilo Kis rather recently, starting with the wonderful Tomb for Boris Davidovich, followed by the great Garden, Ashes and by the Encyclopedia of the Dead. Well, also by half of the unreadable Hourglass. I thought I knew the elements of DK's world, but not what made him tick. This volume of essays was put together posthumously (he died at 54 in 89, of cancer) by S.Sontag, selected from a larger edition of volumes which were not translated to English. It seems Kis is better ... Read More Rating: - Sontag doesn't get it. This is an interesting collection of essays, interviews, and commentaries, which has been well put together by Susan Sontag. The advice to young writers section is particularly amusing as are Kis's thoughts on his self-chosen exile. I recommend reading the Tomb of Boris Davidovitch before hand because much of the book deals with the controversy Kis faced over that novel, as well as his break from the Belgrade literati. Kis was a brilliant writer, but as these essays show, completely apolitical. ... Read More Rating: - AN UP-CLOSE LOOK AT KIS Kis is a giant of world literature. This book of biographical pieces, interviews, and essays by Kis allow the reader to see some of the inner workings of that fine mind. His early death was a great loss to literature. What he has achieved, however, will live on forever. I've read A TOMB FOR BORIS DAVIDOVICH perhaps five times, and I'm looking forward to reading it again, and again. Rating: - Kis' greatness comes into focus I read Danilo Kis' books " Tomb for Boris Davidovich", "Hourglass" and "Encyclopedia of the Dead". The glory and greatness of this eastern European writer can be comprehended fully only after understanding Kis on the personal level. ""Homo Poeticus" does just that: writer pours his soul to the world by revealing his influences (literary and personal), - and brings reader closer to the great writers of this century such as: Nabokov, Flaubert, Borges, Marquis de Sade...Kis even wrote an essay on the Serbian ... Read More

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