The Attic
1st Edition
Published on 21. August 2012
112 pages
978-1-56478-775-0 (ISBN)
Description
The Attic is Danilo KiS's first novel. Written in 1960, published in 1962, and set in contemporary Belgrade, it explores the relationship of a young man, known only as Orpheus, to the art of writing; it also tracks his relationship with a colorful cast of characters with nicknames such as Eurydice, Mary Magdalene, Tam-Tam,and Billy Wise Ass. Rich with references to music, painting, philosophy, and gastronomy, this bohemian Bildungsroman is a laboratory of technique and style for the young KiS at once a depiction of life in literary Belgrade, a register of stylistic devices and themes that would recur throughout KiS's oeuvre, and an account of one young man's quest to find a way to balance his life, his loves, and his art.
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Content
- Intro
- TITLE PAGE
- CONTENTS
- OTHER WORKS BY DANILO KIS IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION
- TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION
- THE ATTIC: A SATIRICAL POEM
- EURYDICE
- ATTIC (I)
- THE JOURNEY, OR THE CONVERSATION
- RETURN
- THE LUTE, OR THE GRAND FESTIVAL
- WALPURGIS NIGHT, OR THE BEGINNING OF FORGETTING
- CHEZ TWO DESPERADOS
- THE ISLAND, OR THE JOURNAL
- ATTIC (II)
- ATTIC (III)
- SUNDAY
- A SUNNY DAY
- TRANSLATOR'S NOTES
- COPYRIGHT
