Encyclopedia of the Dead

The most famous collection of short fiction by acclaimed Yugoslavian writer Danilo Kis. In these nine stories Kis depicts human relationships, encounters, landscapes--the multitude of details that make up a human life. Kis combines fiction and history in postmodern style, and in a postscript provides fascinating historical backgrounds and other notes for the reader that add interest and context. An enduring classic of Slavic literary fiction.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Published: 01/07/1998
ISBN: 9780810115149
Pages: 201
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.86h x 5.18w x 0.70d

Review Citations: New York Review of Books 05/23/2013 pg. 40