A tomb for Boris Davidovich

Danilo Kiš

Original title: Grobnica za Borisa Davidoviča

first published 1976 Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978 135 pages

Eastern European literature series

"Composed of seven dark tales, A Tomb for Boris Davidovich presents variations on the theme of political and social self-destruction throughout Eastern Europe in the first half of the twentieth century. The characters in these stories are caught in a world of political hypocrisy, which ultimately leads to death, their common fate." "Although the stories Kis tells are based on historical events, the beauty and precisi...

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A tomb for Boris Davidovich edition · 2001 · Dalkey Archive Press · 145 pages
A tomb for Boris Davidovich edition · 1980 · Penguin Books · 135 pages
A tomb for Boris Davidovich edition · 1978 · Harcourt Brace Jovanovich · 135 pages

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