Dictionary of the Khazars: A Lexicon Novel in 100,000 Words {unspecified Editions}

by Milorad Pavić

Dictionary of the Khazars (unspecified)

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Litterært puslespil som, når det er færdiglagt, afspejler vor tids tro og tvivl i beretningen om tilintetgørelsen af khazarerriget ved Volgas udmunding i 900-tallet, da herskeren valgte mellem kristen, islamisk og jødisk tro.

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Milorad Pavic was born in Belgrade on October 15, 1929. After receiving a doctorate from the University of Zagreb, he taught philosophy at the University of Novi Sad followed by the University of Belgrade. During his lifetime, he wrote several novels including Dictionary of the Khazars, Landscape Painted with Tea, The Inner Side of the Wind, and show more Last Love in Constantinople. He also wrote short stories, nonfiction and poetry. He died due to complications of a heart attack on November 30, 2009 at the age of 80. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Dokter, Reina (Translator)
Jansen, Christel (Translator)
Petkov, Gordana (Translator)

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Canonical title
Dictionary of the Khazars: A Lexicon Novel in 100,000 Words {unspecified Editions}
Original publication date
1984 (original Serbo-Croatian) (original Serbo-Croatian); 1988 (English translation) (English translation)
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Serbia
Original language
Serbo-Croatian
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The Dictionary of the Khazars was published simultaneously in "male" and "female" versions. There is a slight, but critical, difference between the texts; please distinguish between them. This LT Work represents solel... (show all)y as-yet unspecified editions (i.e., neither the Male nor Female Edition is yet disclosed or identified). Thank you.

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Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
DDC/MDS
891.823Literature & rhetoricLiteratures of other languagesEast Indo-European and Celtic literaturesWest and South Slavic languages (Bulgarian, Slovene, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Serbo-Croatian, and Macedonian)Serbo-CroatianFiction
LCC
PG1419.26 .A78Language and LiteratureSlavic languages and literatures. Baltic languages. Albanian languageSlavic. Baltic. AlbanianSerbo-Croatian

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