Chronicle In Stone

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

In a seamless mosaic of dreams and games, a young boy reflects on events as his hometown in Albania falls to a series of invaders. Amid floods and bombings, his own innocence and wonder are lost forever in the madness and brutality of the Second World War.A disturbing mix of tragedy and comedy, politics and sexuality, Chronicle in Stone is a fascinating masterpiece about what it means to grow up in a turbulent world.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-12-06
Mått:129 x 198 x 23 mm
Vikt:264 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Canons
Antal sidor:384
Förlag:Canongate Books
Medarbetare:David Bellos
ISBN:9781786894496
Översättare:David Bellos, Arshi Pipa

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Born in 1936, Ismail Kadare was Albania's best-known poet and novelist. Translations of his novels have appeared in more than forty countries. In 2005, he won the inaugural Man Booker International Prize for 'a body of work written by an author who has had a truly global impact'. He is the recipient of the highly prestigious 2009 Principe de Asturias de las Letras in Spain. He died in 2024, aged 88.David Bellos, Director of the Program in Translation at Princeton University, is also the translator of Georges Perec's Life A User's Manual and a winner of the Goncourt Prize for biography. He has translated seven of Ismail Kadare's novels, and in 2005 was awarded the Man Booker International Prize for his translations of Kadare's work.