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•translat [trænsˈleɪt] v. 翻译•department [dɪˈpɑ:tmənt] n. 部门•literature [ˈlɪtrətʃə(r)] n. 文学•desire [dɪ'zaɪə(r)] n. 愿望

•participant [pɑ:ˈtɪsɪpənt] n. 参与者

Dictionary of the Khazars: A Lexicon Novel

•It's the first novel by Serbian writer Milorad Pavić, published in 1984.

Dictionary of the Khazars: A Lexicon Novel

•in Serbianthe

•one of the best books of the year

Milorad Pavić

•••••••Milorad PavićSerbian poettranslator

literary historianborn in BelgradeOctober 15, 1929

died on November 30, 2009

Milorad Pavić

•His novels which were translated into English:

*Dictionary of the Khazars:A Lexicon Novel

*Landscape Painted With Tea *The Inner Side of the Wind*Last Love in Constantinople*Unique Item

Milorad Pavić

•a member of Serbian Academy of Sciences

•the Department of Language and Literature

•in Europe, the USA and Brazil

Milorad Pavić

•Though Pavić's novels can be enjoyed by

reading them cover-to-cover, among his stated goals are a desire to write novels with unusual forms and to make the reader a more active participant than is usual.

Milorad Pavić

•To achieve these ends, he used a number of unconventional

techniques(技术) in order to introduce nonlinearity（技术）into his works:•The book was published in a \"male\" and \"female\" version, which differ in only a brief, critical passage.

Dictionary of the Khazars

•Pavic wrote:

\"No chronology will be observed here, nor is one necessary. Hence each reader will put together the book for himself, as in a game of dominoes or cards, and, as with a mirror, he will get out of this dictionary as much as he puts into it, for you cannot get more out of the truth than what you put into it.\"

Questions

•1.What kind of style(体裁) is the book?•Dictionary.

•2.What do you think of the book?

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