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David Albahari

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David Albahari

David Albahari was born in Serbia and lived for many years in Canada. He now divides his time between Belgrade and Calgary. He has published thirteen books of short stories, fifteen novels, six books of essays, a book of three short plays, and two books for children, many of which have been translated into other languages. Of these, two collections of his short stories, Words Are Something Else and Learning Cyrillic, have appeared in English, as well as the novels Tsing, Bait, Snow Man, Globetrotter, Götz and Meyer, and Leeches.

Articles by David Albahari

Brother
By David Albahari
Damned parents,” he said in a soft voice, “look what they’ve made of me.”
Translated from Serbian by Ellen Elias-Bursać
Head Weight
By David Albahari
In all honesty, Ruben was at a loss to explain what was happening to him.
Translated from Serbian by Ellen Elias-Bursać
Learning Cyrillic
By David Albahari
Fridays I go to church. I do not go to pray.
Translated from Serbian by Ellen Elias-Bursać