Garden, Ashes (Masterplots II: World Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Danilo Kiš
- First Published: 1965
- Type of Work: Impressionistic realism
- Time of Work: The late 1930’s and early 1940’s
- Setting: Northern Yugoslavia (Voyvodina)
- Principal Characters: Eduard Scham, Maria Scham, Andreas “Andi” Scham, Anna Scham
- Genres: Long fiction, Impressionistic literature
- Subjects: Family or family life, Parents and children, Education or educators, 1940’s, 1930’s, Fathers, Anti-Semitism, Fate or fatalism, Eastern Europe or eastern Europeans
- Locales: Yugoslavia
The Novel
The story of Garden, Ashes is narrated by Andreas (“Andi”) Scham in a series of loosely connected reminiscences about his childhood. At the beginning of the novel, he is a five-year-old boy who remembers vividly the incomprehensible happenings around him: the constant comings and goings, the changing places in which he lives, the numerous older relatives whom he cannot quite remember, and the mysterious disappearances of his father, Eduard Scham. Only later does Andi fully understand these happenings; at the time, surrounded by an aura of anxiety...
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