{"product_id":"a-girl-in-exile-requiem-for-linda-b-paperback","title":"A Girl in Exile: Requiem for Linda B. - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIsmail Kadare\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Hodgson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Erotic, paranoiac and lightly fantastical.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ismail Kadare's readers are astonished every year when the Nobel committee overlooks him. . . . \u003ci\u003eA Girl in Exile\u003c\/i\u003e, published in Albanian in 2009, may rekindle the worldwide hopes.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring the bureaucratic machinery of Albania's 1945-1991 dictatorship, playwright Rudian Stefa is called in for questioning by the Party Committee. A girl--Linda B.--has been found dead, with a signed copy of his latest book in her possession. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe soon learns that Linda's family, considered suspect, was exiled to a small town far from the capital. Under the influence of a paranoid regime, Rudian finds himself swept along on a surreal quest to discover what really happened to Linda B. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"At a time when parts of the world are indulging nostalgia for communism, Kadare's novel confronts the infuriating impossibility of art in an autocratic, anti-individualist system.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Girl in Exile\u003c\/i\u003e confirms Kadare to be the best writer at work today who remembers--almost aggressively so, refusing to forget--European totalitarianism.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIsmail Kadare\u003c\/b\u003e is Albania's best-known novelist and poet. Translations of his novels have appeared in more than forty countries. He was awarded the inaugural Man Booker International Prize in 2005, the Jerusalem Prize in 2015, and the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 2020. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Hodgson\u003c\/b\u003e studied at Cambridge and Newcastle and has taught at the universities of Prishtina and Tirana. This is the sixth book by Ismail Kadare that he has translated.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 22, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751139082528,"sku":"9781640091634","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/077612c125bad801c10f8fd0da9947b1.webp?v=1779965380","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-girl-in-exile-requiem-for-linda-b-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}