A Tomb for Boris Davidovich (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Danilo Kiš
- First Published: 1976
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The 1920’s to the 1970’s
- Setting: Central and Eastern Europe
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Communism or communists, Socialism, Twentieth century, Revolutions, Jews or Jewish life, Oppression, Anti-Semitism, Eastern Europe or eastern Europeans, Totalitarianism, Soviet Union or Soviets, Tombs or graves, Dissent or dissenters
- Locales: Europe, Soviet Union
Characters Discussed
Boris Davidovich (dah-VIH-doh- vihch), a Jew and a Russian revolutionary. Boris has been imbued with a revolutionary zeal from his early youth, fighting against the czarist regime and for the Bolsheviks. As a result, a portrait of a classical revolutionary emerges: brave, resolute, bold, cool, resourceful, loyal to the cause, and blind to questioning of his ideology. Although it is not quite clear whether he joins the revolution out of a sense of justice or in quest of action or adventure, he participates in it without any reservations, which leads to a...
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