The encyclopedia of the dead
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The encyclopedia of the dead
（Penguin modern classics, . Fiction）
Penguin Classics/Penguin, 2015
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Enciklopedija mrtvih
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxiv])
Contents of Works
- Simon Magus
- Last respects
- The encyclopedia of the dead : a whole life
- The legend of the sleepers
- The mirror of the unknown
- The story of the master and the disciple
- Pro patria mori
- The book of kings and fools
- Red stamps with Lenin's head
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Description
An entrancing, otherworldly collection of short stories from one of Europe's most accomplished 20th century writers, new to Penguin Modern Classics
A counter-prophet attempts the impossible to prove his power; a girl sees the hideous fate of her sisters and father in a mirror bought from a gypsy; the death of a prostitute causes an unanticipated uprising; and the lives of every ordinary person since 1789 are recreated in the almighty Encyclopedia of the Dead. These stories about love and death, truth and lies, myth and reality range across many epochs and settings. Brilliantly combining fact and fiction, epic and miniature, horror and comedy, this was Danilo Kis final work, published in Serbo-Croatian in 1983.
Kis is one of the great European writers of the post-war period - Guardian
Compulsively readable - Daily Telegraph
Fantasy chases reality and reality chases fantasy. Pirandello and Borges are not far away. But these names are intended as approximate references. Kis is a new, original writer - Times Literary Supplement
Intense and exotic, his mysteries hint at unspeakable secrets that remain forever beyond the story-teller's grasp - Boyd Tonkin
Danilo Kis was born in the then Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1935. After an unsettled childhood during the Second World War, in which several of his family members were killed, Kis studied literature at the University of Belgrade where he lived for most of his adult life. He wrote novels, short stories and poetry and went on to receive the prestigious NIN Award for his novel Pescanik. He died in Paris in 1989.
Mark Thompson is a British historian. His published work includes Birth Certificate: The Story of Danilo Kis.
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