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The File on H
Ismail Kadare
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Description for The File on H
Paperback. Two Irish-American scholars from Harvard journey to Albania in the 1930s with a tape recorder in order to record the last genuinely oral epic singers. Their purpose, they say, is to show how Homer's epics might have been culled from a verbal tradition. The two dedicated scholars realise only too late that they have stumbled over an ants' nest. Translator(s): Bellos, David. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 136.
Two Irish-American scholars from Harvard journey to Albania in the 1930s with a tape recorder (a 'new fangled' invention) in order to record the last genuinely oral epic singers.
Their purpose, they say, is to show how Homer's epics might have been culled from a verbal tradition. But the local Governor believes its an elaborate spying mission and arranges for his own spy to follow them.The two dedicated scholars realise only too late that they have stumbled over an ants' nest.
This simple tale by Albania's most eminent and gifted novelist serves to lift the veil on one ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099497196
SKU
V9780099497196
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99-99
About Ismail Kadare
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 novels that make up a panorama of Albanian history linked by a constant meditation on the nature and human consequences ... Read more
Reviews for The File on H
Witty and touching. It consolidates Kadare's reputation as one of the finest writers to emerge from communist Europe
Sunday Times
Eloquent, engaging and poignant
Irish Times
A wicked and amusing satire of provincial life...it is also an elegiac celebration of the power of poetry
Times Literary Supplement
Funny, strange, and melancholy
Guardian
... Read more
Sunday Times
Eloquent, engaging and poignant
Irish Times
A wicked and amusing satire of provincial life...it is also an elegiac celebration of the power of poetry
Times Literary Supplement
Funny, strange, and melancholy
Guardian
... Read more