Garden, Ashes

The celebrated Serbian writer Danilo Kiš has blended bits of realism, snatches of dreams, and echoes of his own consciousness as a child to shape this magical and memorable novel.In Yugoslavia during the Second World War, young Andi Scham and his beleaguered family are constantly moving and searching for refuge. Yet the physical hardships of the world do not intrude on Andi's adolescent world of vivid observation and imaginative withdrawals. From his memories emerges the wondrous story of h...