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Psalm 44

Danilo Kiš author Aleksandar Hemon author John K Cox translator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Dalkey Archive Press

Published:6th Sep '12

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Psalm 44 is the last major work of fiction by Danilo KiS to be translated into English, and his only novel dealing explicitly with Auschwitz (where his own father died).

"Psalm 44" is the last major work of fiction by Danilo Kiš to be translated into English, and his only novel dealing explicitly with Auschwitz (where his own father died). Written when he was only twenty-five, before embarking on the masterpieces that would make him an integral figure in twentieth-century letters, Psalm 44 shows Kiš at his most lyrical and unguarded, demonstrating that even in "the place of dragons... covered with the shadow of death," there can still be poetry. Featuring characters based on actual inmates and warders--including the abominable Dr. Mengele--"Psalm 44" is a baring of many of the themes, patterns, and preoccupations Kiš would return to in future, albeit never with the same starkness or immediacy.

ISBN: 9781564787620

Dimensions: 205mm x 144mm x 22mm

Weight: 317g

148 pages