Prose Fiction of Danilo KiŠ, Serbian Jewish Writer

“… comprehensive, engaging, and insightful. A reader familiar with Kiš’s works will find Vuletic’s skilled textual analysis interesting and insightful. For those readers who have not read Kiš, this book can serve as an excellent introduction to his works. Kiš is well-served by Vuletic, who presents this East European writer in a way that Western audiences should find engaging. She shows how Kiš is a sophisticated modernist who writes about the Jewish experience during the Nazi period of power in Europe…. As Vuletic demonstrates, Kiš’s fiction works on many levels. Not only are the plots gripping, the fiction is richly allusive – a feature that gives it depth and sophistication….a thorough and rewarding piece of work that will be enjoyed by scholars of twentieth century literature.” – Anna Brodsky, Washington and Lee University

“Vuletic has produced a highly articulated interpretive reading of Kiš’ trilogy in conjunction with the documentary film…. fill[s] in the gap concerning Kiš scholarship.” – Peter Steiner, University of Pennsylvania

Table of contents:
Preface; Introduction
Kiš on Kiš: A Conception of the Novel
The Question of Genre
Garden, Ashes: Narrative Voices
Garden, Ashes: Father and Son
Early Sorrows
Hourglass
Conclusion
Bibliography; Index

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