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...

Man Booker International winner Kadare's story of home, family, freedom and aspiration. The Doll struggles to understand her son's rejection of tradition. John Hodgson captures Kadare's elliptical and stark prose. von Kadare, Ismail

Ismail Kadare was born in 1936 in Gjirokaster, in the south of Albania. He studied in Tirana and Moscow, returning to Albania in 1960 after the country broke ties with the Soviet Union. Translations of his novels have since been...

Ismail Kadare was born in 1936 in Gjirokaster, in the south of Albania. He studied in Tirana and Moscow, returning to Albania in 1960 after the country broke ties with the Soviet Union. Translations of his novels have since been...

Die Festung von Kadare, Ismail

...a magical parable of love, death and the power of familial bonds. -Stephen Salisbury, New York Times Book Review von Kadare, Ismail

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...

„Elegy for Kosovo“ von Ismail Kadare ist eine Sammlung von Geschichten, die sich mit den historischen und kulturellen Verwerfungen auf dem Balkan auseinandersetzen, insbesondere in Bezug auf das Kosovo. Kadare nutzt sein erzählerisches...