Garden, ashes
by Danilo Kiš
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"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 focuses on Andi's relationship with his father. He recounts the endless hours his father poured into the creation of the all-inclusive third edition of the Bus, Ship, Rail, and Air Travel Guide, the bizarre sermons he delivered to his befuddled family, and his eventual disappearance and assumed death at Auschwitz. Rather than dwelling on the apocalyptic events fueling this family's story, Kis focuses on specific details of life during this period, constructing a personal account of a future artist growing up under the shadow of the Nazis in a world capable of containing a person as unique as his father."--Jacket.
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Garden, ashes: a novel
2003, Dalkey Archive Press
in English
- 1st Dalkey Archive ed.
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Garden, ashes
1978, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
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- 1st Harvest/HBJ ed.
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Translation of Bašta, pepeo.
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