The Attic (13 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
Psalm 44
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
Mansarda: satiri
č
na poema
by Kosmos, Belgrade, 1962; an earlier version of this translation first appeared as
Mansarda
, published in a limited edition by Serbian Review Press, 2008

Mansarda
by Danilo Ki
š
©
Danilo Ki
š
Estate

Revised translation and introduction copyright
©
2012 by John K. Cox
First edition, 2012
All rights reserved

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Ki
š
, Danilo, 1935-1989.
 
[Mansarda. English]
 
The attic / Danilo Ki
š
; translated and with an introduction by John K. Cox.
—
1st ed.
 
 
 
 
 
p. cm.
“
Originally published in Serbian as Mansarda: satiricna poema by Kosmos, Belgrade, 1962
”
—
T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-1-56478-734-7 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
I. Cox, John K., 1964- II. Title.
PG1419.21.I8M313 2012
891.8
’
2354
—
dc23

2012015155

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

Partially funded by a grant from 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