num_pages: 274
description: Danilo Kiš was one of the most artful and eloquent writers of postwar Europe. Of all his books, Hourglass, the account of the final months in one man's life before he is sent to a concentration camp, is considered to be his masterpiece.
language: English
title: Hourglass
titlecomplete: Hourglass
genres: Classics, Serbian Literature, Jewish, Holocaust, Novels, 20th Century, Literature, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 622
series: Family Cycle Trilogy
awards: awardedAt: 63100800000
name: NIN Prize
publisher: Northwestern University Press