A review by alida_f
The Attic by Danilo Kiš, Danilo Kiš

4.0

Let's get this straight, stories about bohemians and their weird ways to combat boredom are far from my niche in most cases. Not in this one, though. This short story is genuinely funny in a somewhat estranged way and has an interesting, paradoxical humour about it. It reminds of films such as 'He died with a felafel in his hand' (I'm possibly biased after seeing Kis's face, though!) and contains many a literary / cultural reference, including from 'The Magic Mountain' which is an all-time favourite of mine (read entirely last year after a false start in 2014, but anyways). A nice initiation to an author by whom I could read more. Also, first Serbian [Yugoslavian at that time, but specifically Serbian] book ever read.