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The prince of fire : an anthology of contemporary Serbian short stories / edited by Radmila J. Gorup and Nadezda Obradović ; with a foreword by Charles Simic.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Simic, Charles, 1938-2023, author of introduction, etc.
- Series:
- Series in Russian and East European studies.
- Pitt Series in Russian and East European Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Short stories, Serbian--Translations into English.
- Short stories, Serbian.
- Serbian fiction--20th century--Translations into English.
- Serbian fiction.
- Genre:
- Online-Publikation.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (392 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, 1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Winner of the 1998 Misha Djordjevic Award for the best book on Serbian culture in English. Editors Gorup and Obradovic have collected stories from thirty-five outstanding writers in this first English anthology of Serbian fiction in thirty years. The anthology, representing a great variety of literary styles and themes, includes works by established writers with international reputations, as well as promising new writers spanning the generation born between 1930 and 1960. These stories may lead to a greater understanding of the current events in the former Yugoslavia. ...
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Aleksandar Tišma - The Whole Self
- Milorad Pavić - The Wedgewood Tea Set
- Borislav Pekić - Megalos Mastoras and His Work, 1347 A.D.
- Miodrag Bulatović - The Lovers
- Dragoslav Mihailović - Catch a Falling Star
- Svetlana Velmar-Janković - Sima Street
- Živojin Pavlović - The Question
- Mladen Markov - The Banat Train
- Grozdana Olujić - The African Violet
- Danilo Kiš - The Lute and Scars
- Momo Kapor - The Gift
- Branimir Šćepanović - The Scream
- Mirko Kovač - The Other Side of Our Eyes
- Slavko Lebedinski - Sweet Turtledove
- Filip David - The Prince of Fire
- Vida Ognjenović - The Duel
- Vidosav Stevanović - D. S.
- Ratko Adamović - Souls of Stone
- Moma Dimić - Night Under the Kosmaj
- Milisav Savić - The Locksmith Was Better
- Miroslav Josić Višnjić - The Forest of Perpetual Darkness
- Milica Mićić Dimovska - Smiles
- Radoslav Bratić - A Picture Without Father
- David Albahari - The Great Rebellion at the Stuln Nazi Camp
- Saša Hadži-Tančić - Skull Tower
- Tiodor Rosić - The Yellow Dog
- Radosav Stojanović - The Clock in the Roofbeam of Hvosno
- Jovan Radulović - Linea Grimani
- Dragan Velikić - A Woman from a Catalogue
- Radoslav Petković - The Plague Report
- Svetislav Basara - A Letter from Hell
- Mihajlo Pantić - The Morning After (Remake)
- Mileta Prodanović - Degli' Impiccati
- Nemanja Mitrović - In the Mountains
- Vladimir Pištalo - Man Without a Face.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780822980780
- 0822980789
- OCLC:
- 887802551
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