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A Dictator Calls by Ismail Kadare
$35.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
'Comrade Stalin wishes to speak with you.' A fascinating exploration of the relationship between writers and tyranny, from the winner of the first Man Booker International Prize. In June 1934, Joseph Stalin allegedly telephoned the famous novelist and poet Boris Pasternak to discuss the arrest of fell ...Show more
Agamemnon's Daughter : A novella and stories by Ismail Kadare
$30.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
Sacrificed to further a father's blood-soaked career; sacrificed for the common good; sacrificed, then forgotten. In his compelling prequel to "The Successor", Kadare draws us into a land deprived of choice, a country under a reign of terror. Published here in English for the first time, the spellbindin ...Show more
Broken April by Ismail Kadare; David M. Bellos (Foreword by)
$30.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
From the moment that Gjorg's brother is killed by a neighbour, his own life is forfeit: for the code of Kanun requires Gjorg to kill his brother's murderer and then in turn be hunted down. After shooting his brother's killer, young Gjorg is entitled to thirty days' grace - not enough to see out the mont ...Show more
Chronicle in Stone by Ismail Kadare
$23.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
The story of a young Albanian and a primitive Albania awakening into the modern world. 'Where are we going, where are they taking us?'WWII is about to start, but life for a young boy in a small town in Albania is still a game. Yet, as the country falls to the Italians, then the Greeks, then eventually t ...Show more
Fall Of The Stone City by Ismail Kadare
$23.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
In September 1943, German soldiers advance on the ancient gates of Gjirokaster, Albania. It is the first step in a carefully planned invasion. But once at the mouth of the city, the troops are taken aback by a surprising act of rebellion that leaves the citizens fearful of a bloody counter-attack. Soon ...Show more
The Accident by Ismail Kadare
$32.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
On the autobahn in Vienna, a taxi leaves the carriageway and strikes the crash barrier, flinging its male and female passengers out of its back doors as it spins through the air. The driver cannot explain why he lost control; only saying that the mysterious couple in the back seat seemed to be about to ...Show more
The Palace of Dreams by Ismail Kadare
$0.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
The mysterious palace of dreams stands at the heart of a vast empire. Inside, workers sift, sort, and interpret the dreams the empire s citizens. They search out Master-Dreams that will provide clues to the destiny of the empire and its Sultan. Mark-Alem, scion of a noble family that has provided vizier ...Show more
The Successor by Ismail Kadare
$23.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
A powerful political novel based on the sudden, mysterious death of the man who had been handpicked to succeed the hated Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha, by an author the Wall Street Journal called 'one of the most compelling novelists now writing in any language'. Did he commit suicide or was he murdered ...Show more
The Traitor's Niche by Ismail Kadare
$45.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
At the heart of the Ottoman Empire, in the main square of Constantinople, a niche is carved into ancient stone. Here, the sultan displays the severed heads of his adversaries. People flock to see the latest head and gossip about the state of the empire: the province of Albania is demanding independence ...Show more
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