A Tomb for Boris Davidovich

Name: A Tomb for Boris Davidovich
Author: Danilo Kis

by Danilo Kis

Experimental novel depicting the execution of a Soviet revolutionary through fragmented narratives

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Danilo Kis

Yugoslav author of Serbian-Jewish heritage whose fiction explored the fate of European Jews under Nazism and the corruption of Stalinist communism. A Tomb for Boris Davidovich and The Encyclopedia of the Dead are his masterpieces.

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The Encyclopedia of the DeadMetafictional exploration of mortality and memory through invented biographical entries
Garden AshesNovel of childhood in World War II-era Yugoslavia marked by displacement and loss
HourglassNovel on time, mortality, and the relationship between parent and child
Early SorrowsComing-of-age story about an adolescent emerging into the adult world