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- catalog abstract ""Composed of seven dark tales, A Tomb for Boris Davidovich presents variations on the theme of political and social self-destruction throughout Eastern Europe in the first half of the twentieth century. The characters in these stories are caught in a world of political hypocrisy, which ultimately leads to death, their common fate." "Although the stories Kis tells are based on historical events, the beauty and precision of his prose elevates these ostensibly "true" stories into works of literary art that transcend the politics of their time."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Grobnica za Borisa Davidoviča. English".
- catalog contributor b12250463.
- catalog contributor b12250464.
- catalog coverage "Europe, Eastern Fiction.".
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""Composed of seven dark tales, A Tomb for Boris Davidovich presents variations on the theme of political and social self-destruction throughout Eastern Europe in the first half of the twentieth century. The characters in these stories are caught in a world of political hypocrisy, which ultimately leads to death, their common fate." "Although the stories Kis tells are based on historical events, the beauty and precision of his prose elevates these ostensibly "true" stories into works of literary art that transcend the politics of their time."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "The knife with the rosewood handle -- The sow that eats her farrow -- The mechanical lions -- The magic card dealing -- A tomb for Boris Davidovich -- Dogs and books -- The short biography of A.A. Darmolatov.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 145 p. :".
- catalog identifier "1564782735 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Eastern European literature series".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng srp".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "[Normal, IL] : Dalkey Archive Press,".
- catalog spatial "Europe, Eastern Fiction.".
- catalog subject "891.8/2354 21".
- catalog subject "Literature Translations into English.".
- catalog subject "PG1419.21.I8 G713 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "The knife with the rosewood handle -- The sow that eats her farrow -- The mechanical lions -- The magic card dealing -- A tomb for Boris Davidovich -- Dogs and books -- The short biography of A.A. Darmolatov.".
- catalog title "A tomb for Boris Davidovich / Danilo Kiš ; introduction by Joseph Brodsky ; afterword by William T. Vollman ; translated by Duška Mikić-Mitchell.".
- catalog title "Grobnica za Borisa Davidoviča. English".
- catalog type "Fiction. fast".
- catalog type "Translations. fast".
- catalog type "text".