The unimaginable space of Danilo Kis and Don DeLillo. (Paul Auster/Danilo Kis): An article from: The Review of Contemporary Fiction

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From the supplier: Danilo Kis' 'A Tomb for Boris Davidovich' and Don DeLillo's 'Libra' seem similar in their preoccupation with deconstructing history. Kis seems postmodernist in that he positions himself outside history and critiques it but his novel is centered on a liberal humanist faith in an individual's moral values and has a beginning, middle and end. In contrast, DeLillo's narrator, Nicholas Branch, is in a fireproof documents room which highlights his sense of being trapped in something without beginning or end. Even the death of Lee harvey Oswald does not provide a conclusion.

Citation Details
Title: The unimaginable space of Danilo Kis and Don DeLillo. (Paul Auster/Danilo Kis)
Author: Jonathan Brent
Publication:The Review of Contemporary Fiction (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 1994
Publisher: Review of Contemporary Fiction
Volume: v14 Issue: n1 Page: p180(9)

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