The Legend of the Sleepers - Couverture souple

Kiš, Danilo

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0241339375 ISBN 13 : 9780241339374

Editeur : Penguin Classics, 2018

Synopsis

'For once there had been false idols and asses' heads drawn on the walls...'

Sleepers awake in a remote cave and the ancient mystic Simon Magus attempts a miracle, in these two magical, otherworldly tales from one of the greatest voices of twentieth-century Europe.

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A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Danilo Kiš was born in the then Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1935. After an unsettled childhood during the Second World War, in which several of his family members were killed, Kiš studied literature at the University of Belgrade where he lived for most of his adult life. He wrote novels, short stories and poetry and went on to receive the prestigious NIN Award for his novel Pešcanik. He died in Paris in 1989.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Classics
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0241339375
• ISBN 13: 9780241339374
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 64
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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