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Encyclopaedia of the Dead (European Classics) (Paperback)
by Danilo Kis (Author), Michael Henry Heim (Translator)
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  • Paperback: 201 pages
  • Publisher: Northwestern University Press,U.S.; New Ed edition (28 Feb 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 081011514X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0810115149
  • Product Dimensions: 20 x 13.2 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 459,675 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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This collection of short stories depicts human relationships, encounters, landscapes and the multitude of details that make up human life.

 
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great stories about inevitable, 31 Mar 1998
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It took almost six months from the day I ordered this book, until it came out of print and I received it in my mail. It took me less than a week to read it...This is a book of stories about people who find their death in different ways. Kis mixes myths and legends of the Bible to: middle eastern legends, female intuition, patriotism, death anticipation due to long and difficult illness. Each story is setup in its own time, century, country and is viewed from different perspective. And all these situations and places combined, make up this wonderful book. My favorite story was "The Encyclopedia of the Dead". It sounds so personal, that anyone who knows a little bit about Danilo Kis' life, can see a lot of Kis himself - in this story. Mr. Heim did wonderful job translating this work. However, I was a bit disappointed that Mr. Haim did not make an effort to write an introduction for this book. Writer's notes at the end of the book were extrimely helpful in understanding stories more deeply and understanding what he wanted to accomplish with this work of art. Many of Danilo Kis' reders like to remember him as writer who had Borges for an idol. Please, let us not forget that Kis had admirerers himself - no one less than Joseph Brodsky, amongst others.
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