The Prince of Fire

by Gorup, Radmila J.; Obradovic, Nadezda

• ISBN13: 9780822956617
• ISBN10: 0822956616
• Edition: Yearly Ed.
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-06-11
• Publisher: Univ of Pittsburgh Pr

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.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
The Whole Self	p. 1
The Wedgewood Tea Set	p. 9
Megalos Mastoras and His Work, 1347 A.D.	p. 17
The Lovers	p. 55
Catch a Falling Star	p. 71
Sima Street	p. 83
The Question	p. 91
The Banat Train	p. 103
The African Violet	p. 111
The Lute and Scars	p. 119
The Gift	p. 131
The Scream	p. 137
The Other Side of Our Eyes	p. 143
Sweet Turtledove	p. 151
The Prince of Fire	p. 163
The Duel	p. 177
D. S.	p. 193
Souls of Stone	p. 201
Night Under the Kosmaj	p. 215
The Locksmith Was Better	p. 221
The Forest of Perpetual Darkness	p. 229
Smiles	p. 239
A Picture Without Father	p. 247
The Great Rebellion at the Stuln Nazi Camp	p. 259
Skull Tower	p. 267
The Yellow Dog	p. 273
The Clock in the Roofbeam of Hvosno	p. 277
Linea Grimani	p. 285
A Woman from a Catalogue	p. 299
The Plague Report	p. 315
A Letter from Hell	p. 325
The Morning After (Remake)	p. 333
Degli' Impiccati	p. 343
In the Mountains	p. 355
Man Without a Face	p. 367
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