- Hardcover: 144 pages
- Publisher: New Directions (Oct 1 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0811213900
- ISBN-13: 978-0811213905
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14.4 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 268 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #281,770 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Never before translated into English, this collection of interconnected stories, originally published in Belgrade in 1969, form the poignant, lightly fictionalized account of the acclaimed late novelist's boyhood in Yugoslavia. With a remarkable combination of affection, whimsy and wretchedness, these 19 lyrical, very short stories tell a recurring tale of spiritual innocence tainted by shame and the terror of life in hiding. In addition to his finesse with language and sensory detail, Kis succeeds at rendering a precocious child's struggle to comprehend the world. In the characteristic "The Game," a father hiding his Jewish origins is proud but unnerved when he catches his fair-haired son pretending to be a Jewish feather merchant, like the grandfather whom the boy has never seen. Frightened by the uncanny spectacle, the boy's gentile mother spins a bedtime tale that subtly informs the boy of racism and its mortal consequences. In each brief vignette, the boy contemplates his own disappearance and death, which he sees foreshadowed in his father's deportation to Auschwitz. Though its subtitle pitches the book to a relatively limited audience, Kis's slim work will touch vestigial nerves in most readers.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
San Francisco Chronicle, Christopher Merrill, 28 March 1999
Kis proved himself an inventive storyteller, with an antic comic streak and an unerring moral compass. His was a restless, haunted intelligence; his essay on the dangers of nationalism anticipated by more than a decade the forces that would tear Yugoslavia apart. Early Sorrows makes clear not only Danilo Kis originality as a writer, but his indispensability.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Meaning of time,
By Mirjana Vukovic (Yugoslavia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Early Sorrows (Hardcover)
Kis was born in my country. This book is the most beautifool story about growing and knowing what life is. He learned very early that there is no justice in the warld, even in cats warld. It is significant story of meaning of time.
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For children and mature adults,
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This review is from: Early Sorrows (Hardcover)
This fascinating book is reading material for all ages andgenders. Kis has managed to bring topics we have long forgotten to ourmind. Is this book for children only? No. This book provides intriguing material for thought especially for adults who have figured out what life is all about.
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5.0 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews) 3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Meaning of time,
By Mirjana Vukovic - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Early Sorrows (Hardcover)
Kis was born in my country. This book is the most beautifool story about growing and knowing what life is. He learned very early that there is no justice in the warld, even in cats warld. It is significant story of meaning of time.
3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
For children and mature adults,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Early Sorrows (Hardcover)
This fascinating book is reading material for all ages andgenders. Kis has managed to bring topics we have long forgotten to ourmind. Is this book for children only? No. This book provides intriguing material for thought especially for adults who have figured out what life is all about.
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