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Ismail, Kadare

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 186046257X ISBN 13 : 9781860462573

Editeur : The Harvill Press, 1997

Synopsis

In the 1930s two Irish American scholars arrive in a small town in Northern Albania. They have come to record its oral storytellers and research the surviving tradition of spoken verse epics in the belief that this will crack the mysteries surrounding the authorship of the poems attributed to Homer. The town governor s wife, eager for diversion, organises a party in their honour and is soon indulging in romantic fantasies about the exciting newcomers. However, her husband, tipped off by the Minister, orders one of his men to follow the pair on the suspicion that they are foreign spies. Soon a stream of perplexing and floridly written reports is emanating from the inn where the two scholars and their unsuspected shadow are lodged. As his multi-layered narrative moves towards a concluding act of unexpected violence, Kadare provides a witty and engaging portrait of misguided nationalism and cultural misunderstanding.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

ISMAIL KADARE, born in 1936 in the mountain town of Gjirokaster, near the Greek border, is Albania's best-known poet and novelist. Since the appearance of The General of the Dead Army in 1965, Kadare has published scores of stories and novels that make up a panorama of Albanian history linked by a constant meditation on the nature and human consequences of dictatorship. "Dictatorship and authentic literature are incompatible," he wrote. "The writer is the natural enemy of dictatorship." His works brought him into frequent conflict with the authorities from 1945 to 1985. In 1990 he sought political asylum in France, and now divides his time between Paris

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The Harvill Press
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 186046257X
• ISBN 13: 9781860462573
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible