{"product_id":"early-sorrows-michael-henry-heim-9780811213905","title":"Early Sorrows: Memoir","description":"Originally published in Belgrade in 1969 and never before translated into English, \u003cem\u003eEarly Sorrows\u003c\/em\u003e is a stunning group of linked stories that memorialize Danilo Kis's childhood. Kis, a writer of incomparable originality and eloquence, famous for his books \u003cem\u003eThe Encyclopedia of the Dead\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHourglass\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eA Tomb for Boris Davidovich\u003c\/em\u003e, was born in 1935 in Subotica, Yugoslavia, near the Hungarian border. \"Back and forth over this land, during Danilo Kis's childhood, armies and ideologies washed with the brutal regularity of surf,\" William Gass noted in \u003cem\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e. \"As a small boy and a Jew, in such circumstances, he was naturally surrounded by death and lies.\" All of the works of Danilo Kis show the crucial importance of his childhood experiences, but it is \u003cem\u003eEarly Sorrows\u003c\/em\u003e that goes to the wellspring of his first bereavements. The twenty pieces that make up \u003cem\u003eEarly Sorrows\u003c\/em\u003e strike various tones--from dreamy pastorals to exercises in horror. Kis's ingenuity, lyricism, and tonal subtlety are caught in all their luster by Michael Henry Heim. \u003cem\u003eEarly Sorrows\u003c\/em\u003e centers on Andreas Sam, a highly intelligent boy whose life at first seems secure. His mother and sister dote on him; he excels at school; when he is hired out as a cowherd to help with the family's finances, he reads the day away in the company of his best friend, the dog. He can only sense that terrible things may be going on in the world. Soon soldiers are marching down the road, and then one day, many people from the village are herded together and taken away, among them, his father, the dreamer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Henry Heim, Danilo Kis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0811213900\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811213905\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.67w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/31\/1998 pg. 45\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/1998 pg. 1490\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/23\/2013 pg. 40","brand":"Michael Henry Heim","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072801403135,"sku":"9780811213905","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c606877a-a53b-437c-b473-85281a938e09.jpg?v=1685444016","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/early-sorrows-michael-henry-heim-9780811213905","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}