Books from Albania
51 popular albanian books
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The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Europe Challenge" were written by authors from Albania.
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A Dictator Calls by Ismail Kadare EN
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Longlisted for the International Booker Prize The Wall Street Journal, A Best Book of the Year Using a sophisticated and literary version of the ever-popular game of telephone to examine the relationship of writers with tyranny, Ismail Kadare reflects on three particular minutes in a long moment of time when the dark shadow of Joseph Stalin passed over the world In June 1934, Stalin allegedly called Boris Pasternak and they spoke about the arrest of Osip Mandelstam. A telephone call from the dictator was not something necessarily relished, and in the complicated world of literary politics it w... continue
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A Girl in Exile : Requiem for Linda B. by Ismail Kadare EN
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When a girl is found dead with a signed copy of Rudian Stefa’s latest book in her possession, the author finds himself summoned for an interview by the Party Committee. Unable to guess what transgression he has committed Rudian goes fearfully to meet his interrogators. He has never met the girl in question but he remembers signing the book. As the influence of a paranoid regime steals up on him, Rudian finds himself swept along on a surreal quest to discover what really happened to the mysterious girl to whom he wrote the dedication – to Linda B. ‘Powerful, empathetic, at times harrowing... ex... continue
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Abril despedaçado by Ismail Kadare PT
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O jovem montanhês Gjorg Berisha dá um tiro de fuzil e "toma o sangue" de Zef Kryeqyq. É A quadragésima quinta morte de uma vendeta iniciada setenta anos antes, quando um desconhecido foi vítima de um Kryeqyq depois de ser acolhido pelo clã dos Berisha. A Matança entre as duas famílias é uma imposição do Kanun, código moral que há séculos é transmitido de boca em boca nas montanhas albanesas (assim como na região de Kossovo).COm rigor de antropólogo, Ismail Kadaré vai ao fundo dessa fantástica codificação do assassinato como direito e dever e extrai de lá toda a fúria das tragédias. TÃo minucio... continue
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Abril quebrado by Ismaíl Kadaré ES
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El protagonista absoluto de abril quebrado es el «Kanun», ley de sangre no escrita que rige de forma inexorable la existencia de los montañeses de Albania. Por el «Kanun», Gjorg Berisha se cobra la sangre de Zef Kryeqyqe, cuadragésima cuarta víctima de una venganza que se prolonga ya durante setenta años, constituyéndose a su vez en deudor. Como contrapunto a la historia que protagoniza Gjorg, Ismail Kadaré traza la del viaje de bodas a estas ásperas tierras del curioso escritor Bessian Vorpsi, quien espera, ilusamente, observar esta realidad sin verse atrapado en ella. La presente edición ha ... continue
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Agamemnon's Daughter : A Novella and Stories by Ismail Kadare EN
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In the title novella, a young man working for the state-controlled media agency experiences a vision of the ancient general Agamemnon, who warns him of the repercussions of his love affair with a high-ranking official's daughter, in a collection that also includes the short stories "The Blinding Order" and "The Great Wall."
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Albanian Spring : The Anatomy of Tyranny by Ismail Kadare EN
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Ismail Kadare, Albania's foremost literary figure, went into self-imposed exile to France in October 1990. The Albanian Spring had proved no more substantial than the Prague Spring many years earlier.
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Angelus Novus by Bashkim Shehu ES
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¿Qué relación guardan los reveses de la vida del filósofo berlinés Walter Benjamin y los azares que, casi medio siglo después, abruman a un joven preso político, de escasa formación académica y mente prodigiosa, en el penal albanés de Burrel? Su querencia por lo inasequible, su inclinación al suicidio, sí, pero sobre todo la figura del Angelus Novus, el ángel de la historia que, al volver la mirada hacia el pasado, no percibe más que una inmensa acumulación de ruinas sobre ruinas.
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Avril Brisé by Ismail Kadaré FR
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Deux histoires s'entrecroisent ici: celle de Gjorg, le jeune montagnard qui vient de venger la mort de son frère et qui attend le châtiment selon les termes du Kanun, et celle d'un jeune couple en voyage de noces, venu dans cette mème région pour étudier les coutumes ancestrales et sanglantes de cette vendetta d'honneur. L'action a beau se situer au début du xxe siècle, la vie sur les hauts plateaux d'Albanie nous enfonce dans le Moyen Age. Le choc est si grand pour la jeune mariée qu'il sera fatal à son bonheur. Et cette expérience tragique va faire basculer son époux, écrivain mondain, dans ... continue
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Bolero en la villa de los viejos by Fatos Kongoli ES
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Una original y reveladora indagación sobre la existencia humana, de la mano de uno de los maestros de la literatura albanesa. Una pareja de viejos en una casa y una enfermera que cuida de ellos. En el último tramo de su vida, los viejos se escriben cartas el uno al otro, que hacen desaparecer sin dejar rastro, mientras la enfermera se esfuerza en vano por apoderarse de ellas. El mundo cerrado de la villa es una y otra vez alterado por el médico de la familia, un tipo socarrón y dado a los placeres; el hijo de los viejos, patrono de un poderosa empresa de construcción, junto con su joven y bell... continue