Spring Flowers, Spring Frost

Posted on 05 May 2017 by Ismail Kadare

From behind the closed door, the man shouts, Be on your way you have no business here Open up, I am the messenger of Death.As spring arrives in the Albanian mountain town of B, some strange things are emerging in the thaw Bank robbers strike the National Bank Old terrors are dredged up from the shipwreck of history And ultra explosive state secrets are threatening to flood the entire nation Mark, an artist, finds the peaceful rhythms of his life turned upside down by ancient love and modern barbarism and by the particular brutality of a country surprised and divided by its new freedom. Free Download [ Spring Flowers, Spring Frost ] Author [ Ismail Kadare ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr So, first of all I m happy to report that Romanians have a very good translation of the book, thanks to Marius Dobrescu I understand the situation is not so good for the English version, which is translated from French, which is translated from Albanian huh People say that in order to like this book you need a bit of patience Actually I was hooked Not from the first chapter, that s true, but from the second, which is actually a story that combines magical realism with folklore The book was So, first of all I m happy to report that Romanians have a very good translation of the book, thanks to Marius Dobrescu I understand the situation is not so good for the English version, which is translated from French, which is translated from Albanian huh People say that in order to like this book you need a bit of patience Actually I was hooked Not from the first chapter, that s true, but from the second, which is actually a story that combines magical realism with folklore The book was likable but it ended too soon, I had the feeling I.K could have gone into depth with the story, the characters, the kanun.I was absolutely fascinated and started googling right away about kanun, the customary set of laws Albanians had for hundred of years and which was revived after the fall of the communist regime As I read, Kadare often discusses this subject in ...This may be the first book I ve read by an Albanian writer In some ways, it reminds me of Milan Kundera, but I like itthan I do Kundera s books There isn t that pervasive detachment, the insistence that people cannot make connections under a fascist state The setting, although not the specific country, is familiar, a state where surveillance could be anywhere, and people can disappear without warning.Note The rest of this review has been withdrawn due to the changes in Goodreads policy This may be the first book I ve read by an Albanian writer In some ways, it reminds me of Milan Kundera, but I like itthan I do Kundera s books There isn t that pervasive detachment, the insistence that people cannot make connections under a fascist sta...Not my favorite Kadare this struck me as less Kafkaesque than simply confusing a little bit tired But Kadare as a whole is so fascinating, even my least favorite of his books was definitely worth reading I m always stunned by the way he can be so complex so readable at the same time It s like Marion...toate aceste ciudatenii ii aminteau de povestea fetei maritate cu un sarpe Chipurile acestea, care azi ti se infatiseaza sub o masca, iar maine sub o alta, ca si cand ar fi actori pe scena, nu prevestesc nimic bun Mythical and folktale motives make the skeleton around which Spring Flowers, Spring Frost, written between 1998 and 2000 in Tirana and Paris, is constructed With a formal structure similar to that of Chronicle in Stone, this post Communist novel alternates a regular chapter whose events take place nowadays with a counter chapter narrating a fairytale or a myth Thus, the snake found by a group of people in the first chapter reappears in counter chapter one in the tale of a girl married to a Mythical and folktale motives make the skeleton around which Spring Flowers, Spring Frost, written between 1998 and 2000 in Tirana and Paris, is constructed With a formal structure similar to that of Chronicle in Stone, this post Communist novel alternates a regular chapter whose events take place nowadays with a counter chapter narrating a fairytale or a myth Thus, the snake found by a group of people in the first chapter reappears in counter chapter one in the tale of a girl married to a snake that turns out to be a man under a spell in the Romanian version of the story the snake is a pig The animal slips out of his skin at night and puts it back on the morning Wanting to keep her husband in his human form, one night the girl throws...I really enjoyed Spring Flowers, Spring Frost, until the final chapter Until then it was a great combination of a day to day love story, ancient mythology, and a brand new society trying to find it s way after the end of an oppressive regime The action takes place in a small town in Albania, unnamed in the old initialled style Communism has departed, and the town must decide whether to globalise or revert to old traditions, which include the rather binding practice of blood feuds Until the l I reall...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here 1001books 691leftAlbania is probably one of those countries that I will never get to visit in my life, but the descriptions of its scenery and people almost make me feel like I went There were some very interesting parts to this book, but also some really boring parts, and there were things that were brought up that weren t fully explained An example might be the girl and her snake husband, which was a story that I thought had many parallels in other cultures folklore, such as in the Greek 1001books 691leftAlbania is probably one of those countries that I will never get to visit in my life, but the descriptions of its scenery and people almost make me feel like I went There were some very interesting parts to this book, but also some really boring parts, and there were things that were brought up that weren t fully explained An example might be the girl and her snake husband, which was a story that I thought had many parallels ...So I went looking for novels from countries I d not read literature from before, and came up with this one Kadare has won several international prizes, and been mooted as a Nobel laureate a number of times Spring Flowers, Spring Frost is his eleventh book, and his entire oeuvre of novels, at least appear...3.5 stars really This is the third book I have read by Kadare, and although this isn t my favorite by him, I did enjoy it Communism has left Albania and the Albanians are trying to figure out how to l...Sunt foarte multe aspecte interesante n Florile nghe ate din martie i, chiar dac lectura nu a fost una perfect , av nd i momente n care a mai l ncezit, observ acum c ceea ce r m ne ntotdeauna dup o carte de Kadare este o anume esen , idei pe care le rumeg n continuare, elemente care m entuziasmeaz mai mult vreme, i nu pot dec t s l apreciez i mai mult pe autor datorit acestui efect neprev zut al scrierilor sale.Povestea din Florile nghe ate din martie se desf oar la scur Sunt foarte multe aspecte interesante n Florile nghe ate din martie i, chiar dac lectura nu a fost una perfect , av nd i momente n care a mai l ncezit, observ acum c ceea ce r m ne ntotdeauna dup o carte de Kadare este o anume esen , idei ...

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05 May 2017

Ismail Kadare