As Spring arrives in the Albanian mountain town, some strange things are emerging in the thaw. Bank robbers, unknown under the tyrannical ancient regime, strike up the National Bank. The ghastly Kanun, regulator of medieval Albania's blood vendettas, is dr
As Spring arrives in the Albanian mountain town, some strange things are emerging in the thaw. Bank robbers, unknown under the tyrannical ancient regi...
Ismail Kadare s The Siege dramatizes a relentless fictional assault on a Christian fortress in the Albanian mountains by the Ottoman Army in the fifteenth century. As the bloody and psychologically crushing struggle for control over the citadel unfolds, Kadare s newest work opens a window onto the eternal clash between religions and empires as well as the exhilaration, despair, and immediacy of the battlefield. Kadare is a hugely respected novelist and a hero to his people, as well as an outspoken critic of all forms of totalitarianism. The Siege is a powerfully atmospheric ....
Ismail Kadare s The Siege dramatizes a relentless fictional assault on a Christian fortress in the Albanian mountains by the Ottoman Army in th...
Ein Diktator benennt seinen Nachfolger. Unmittelbar darauf findet man dessen Leiche mit einer Kugel im Herzen. War es Selbstmord oder Mord, geplant im Kreis der höchsten Machthaber? Kadare erzählt von einem der größten Rätsel in der jüngeren Geschichte Albaniens, dem mysteriösen Tod des Zöglings von Diktator Enver Hoxha. »Von virtuoser literarischer Darstellungskraft, die aus authentischen Ereignissen die Albträume einergespenstischen Poesie aufsteigen lässt.« Frankfurter Rundschau
Ein Diktator benennt seinen Nachfolger. Unmittelbar darauf findet man dessen Leiche mit einer Kugel im Herzen. War es Selbstmord oder Mord, geplant im...
Zwei Familien hoch oben in den albanischen Bergen sind seit Jahren miteinander im Blut. Auf dem Friedhof sind je vierzig Opfer bestattet. Jetzt ist Gjorg Berisha an der Reihe zu morden. Nach der Tat bleiben ihm nur 30 Tage Frist, bevor auch er umgebracht wird...
Zwei Familien hoch oben in den albanischen Bergen sind seit Jahren miteinander im Blut. Auf dem Friedhof sind je vierzig Opfer bestattet. Jetzt ist Gj...
600 years ago a Christian army made up of Serbs, Bosnians, Albanians and Romanians was defeated by an Ottoman army. Part fiction, part history, this book comprises three short narratives focusing on the original Battle of Kosovo.
600 years ago a Christian army made up of Serbs, Bosnians, Albanians and Romanians was defeated by an Ottoman army. Part fiction, part history, this b...
In 1958, Kadare was selected to pursue his writing and literary studies as a graduate student in Moscow at the prestigious Gorky Institute for World Literature. Twilight of the Eastern Gods is Kadare's fictionalized recreation of his time spent at this "factory of the intellect," a place created to produce a new generation of poets, novelists, and playwrights, all adhering to the state-sanctioned "socialist realist" aesthetic. During his time at the Gorky Institute, a kind of miniature Soviet Union where writers from deepest Siberia, Kazakhstan, and the Caucasus all came to study,...
In 1958, Kadare was selected to pursue his writing and literary studies as a graduate student in Moscow at the prestigious Gorky Institute for World L...
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2017 MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZEAt the heart of the Ottoman Empire, in the main square of Constantinople, a niche is carved into ancient stone. Tundj Hata, the imperial courier, is charged with transporting heads to the capital - a task he relishes and performs with fervour.
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2017 MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZEAt the heart of the Ottoman Empire, in the main square of Constantinople, a niche is carved into...