by Danilo Kis · Acantilado · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788496489998
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A masterpiece of modernity and a source of scandal in the former Yugoslavia when it was published in 1976, 'A Tomb for Boris Davidovich' explores the mechanisms of fanaticism and intolerance. Through its pages, Danilo Kiš portrays the common fate of revolutionaries, secret agents, idealists, and victims, drawing a stark relief of human temptations to exterminate the adversary and the mechanisms of oppression that marked our recent past. This timeless book, featuring an introduction by Joseph Brodsky, is noted for its literary excellence and its ability to endow its tragic metamorphoses with additional beauty.
Danilo Kiš was a Yugoslav and Serbian novelist, short story writer, essayist and translator. His best known works include Hourglass, A Tomb for Boris Davidovich and The Encyclopedia of the Dead.
