THE LUTE AND THE SCARS (15 page)

DANILO KI
Š
was one of Serbia
’
s most influential writers and the author of several novels and short-story collections, including
A Tomb for Boris Davidovich
,
Hourglass
, and
Garden, Ashes
. He died in 1989 at the age of 54.

JOHN K. COX
is professor of history and department head at North Dakota State University. His translations include the novel
The Attic
by Danilo Ki
š
, as well as short fiction by Ki
š
, Ismail Kadare, Ivan Ivanji, Ivo Andri
ć
, and Me
š
a Selimovi
ć
.

Originally published in Serbian as
Lauta i O
ž
iljci
, by BIGZ, Belgrade, 1994

Lauta i O
ž
iljci
by Danilo Ki
š
©
Librairie Arth
è
me Fayard and Danilo Ki
š
Estate

Translation and afterword copyright
©
2012 by John K. Cox
Preface copyright
©
2012 by Adam Thirlwell
First edition, 2012
All rights reserved

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Ki
š
, Danilo, 1935-1989.
 
[Lauta i o
ž
iljci. English]
 
The lute and the scars / Danilo Ki
š
; preface by Adam Thirlwell ; translated and with an introduction by John K. Cox.
—
1st ed.
 
 
 
 
p. cm.
 
“
Originally published in Serbian as Lauta i Oziljci, by BIG2, Belgrade, 1994
”
—
T.p. verso.
ISBN 978-1-56478-735-4 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
I. Thirlwell, Adam, 1978- II. Cox, John K., 1964- III. Title.
PG1419.21.I8L3813 2012
891.8
’
2354
—
dc23

2012015154

This translation has been published with the financial report of the Serbian Ministry of Culture

Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England

Partially funded by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency

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Cover: design and composition by Mikhail Iliatov

Printed on permanent/durable acid-free paper and bound in the United States of America