Chronicle in Stone Paperback by Ismail Kadare

Product Details

• Publisher: Anchor Canada (2007-09-11)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 320 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780385665216
• Item Weight: 281.23 grams
• Dimensions: 20.22 x 12.6 x 2.21 cm

WINNER OF THE BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE

Set just before and during the Second World War, Chronicle in Stone is a tale told by an imaginative young boy whose magical view of life tempers the tragedies that befall his family and neighbours as their city is battered by wave upon wave of occupying forces: first the Italians, then the Greeks, and finally the Germans. The joys and horrors of the modern world descending upon an ancient land are recounted with the beauty and simplicity that mark Ismail Kadare as one of the world’s foremost storytellers.

About the Author

ISMAIL KADARE (1936–2024) 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, the Park Kyong-ni Prize in 2019 and the Neustadt Prize in 2020.