Evoking in detail the history of Jews in the Habsburg Empire -- and specifically the devastation of Novi Sad in 1942 by the Hungarian military. The novel begins with a map of the Yugoslav town set along the banks of the Danube -- and follows its protagonist, Miraslov Blam, as he remembers the life and people of the neighborhood, all killed at Auschwitz. Originally published in 1972 in Serbo-Croatian, it's a haunting story.  (EUR56, $28.00)