Bridge to nowhere: Danilo Kiš’s “Muddy tale” and Europe’s shifting frontiers
Bridge to nowhere: Danilo Kiš’s “Muddy tale” and Europe’s shifting frontiers
Author(s): John K. CoxSubject(s): Cultural history, Hungarian Literature, Serbian Literature, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Danilo Kiš; nationalism; translation; Szabadka/Subotica; Pannonia; Central Europe; Balkans;
Summary/Abstract: This paper discusses Danilo Kiš’s relationship to Hungarian culture in general and Hungarian literature specifically. It also presents Kis’s views of the regional geography of Pannonia and analyzes the three complementary elements in Kis’s identity: the Serbian, the Jewish, and the Hungarian.
- Issue Year: 24/2010
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 265-272
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English
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