Composed of seven dark tales, A Tomb for Boris Davidovich presents
variations on the theme of political and social self-destruction
throughout Eastern Europe in the first half of the twentieth century.
The characters in these stories are caught in a world of political
hypocrisy, which ultimately leads to death, their common fate. Although
the stories Kis tells are based on historical events, the beauty and
precision of his prose elevates these ostensibly true stories into works
of literary art that transcend the politics of their time.