The lute and the scars
By: Danilo Kiš ; preface by Adam Thirlwell ; translated and with an introduction by John K. Cox
Contributors: Thirlwell, Adam, 1978-; Cox, John K., 1964-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Champaign, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 137
ISBN-13: 9781564787354
Work titles: Lauta i ožiljci
Description: Written between 1980 and 1986, the stories in The Lute and the Scars were transcribed from the manuscripts left by Danilo Kis following his death in 1989. Many are autobiographical. Others resurrect protagonists belonging to Kis's fellow Central European novelists.
Notes: "Originally published in Serbian as Lauta i Oziljci, by BIG2, Belgrade, 1994"--T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: The stateless one; title: Jurij Golec; title: The lute and the scars; title: The poet; title: The debt; title: A and B; title: The marathon runner and the race official.