The Encyclopedia of the Dead

Name: The Encyclopedia of the Dead
Author: Danilo Kis

by Danilo Kis

Metafictional exploration of mortality and memory through invented biographical entries

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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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Early SorrowsComing-of-age story about an adolescent emerging into the adult world