Peščanik (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Danilo Kiš
- First Published: 1972
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: World War II
- Setting: Northern Yugoslavia
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Parents and children, World War II, Fathers, Anti-Semitism, Yugoslavia or Yugoslavians, Persecution
- Locales: Yugoslavia
Characters Discussed
Eduard Sam, a retired railroad official in Voivodina, the northern part of Yugoslavia occupied by the Germans and Hungarians in World War II. He is the only character on whom the author dwells. As a Jew, Sam is subjected to persecution, first obliquely, then openly, until he perishes somewhere in a concentration camp. The story of his tragic fate is told by the narrator, presumably the author himself. Sam is a middle-aged man, of slight build and high-strung disposition, extremely intelligent but often distraught and absentminded. His ties with his family...
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