Told from the perspective of Andi Scham, a young child in Hungary during the Second World War, Garden, Ashes is largely autobiographical — Danilo Kis' own father was a Hungarian Jew who died in Auschwitz in While its portrait of a fallen-on-hard-times middle class family in wartime Hungary is compelling in its detail, however, the most striking elements of Garden, Ashes are more universal. Get this from a library! Garden, ashes: a novel. [Danilo Kiš; William J Hannaher] -- "Garden, Ashes is the account of Andi Scham's childhood during World War II, as his Jewish family traverses Eastern Europe to escape persecution. As the family moves from house to house the novel. Elena Sala rated it it was amazing. Shelves: european-contemporary, danilo-kiš, eastern-europe. GARDEN, ASHES (), is the story of Andi Scham's childhood, as his family wanders around Eastern Europe, escaping persecution during WWII. At the /5.
Danilo Kiš. Danilo Kiš (), Yugoslavia and France. Kiš was born in Subotica (in the north of Vojvodina), Yugoslavia. His mother was Montenegrin (and an Orthodox Christian), and his father from a Hungarian Jewish family, so Kiš is often counted as a Serbian writer, or a Yugoslav, as he himself would say. Looking for books by Danilo Kiš? See all books authored by Danilo Kiš, including A Tomb for Boris Davidovich, and Garden, Ashes, and more on www.doorway.ru Danilo Kis's stories of life under oppressive regimes in eastern Europe impress Leo Robson Skip to main W hen Danilo Kiš died in , with the exception of Garden, Ashes.
Garden, Ashes (Hardcover) Published December 31st by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. First English Edition, Hardcover, pages. Author (s): Danilo Kiš, William J. Hannaher (Translator) ISBN: (ISBN ) Edition language. Garden, ashes: a novel. [Danilo Kiš; William J Hannaher] -- "Garden, Ashes is the account of Andi Scham's childhood during World War II, as his Jewish family traverses Eastern Europe to escape persecution. The story of Garden, Ashes is narrated by Andreas (“Andi”) Scham in a series of loosely connected reminiscences about his childhood. At the beginning of the novel, he is a five-year-old boy.
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