Chronicle in Stone

Masterful in its simplicity, Chronicle in Stone is a touching coming of age story and a testament to the perseverance of the human spirit Surrounded by the magic of beautiful women and literature, a boy must endure the deprivations of war as he suffers the hardships of growing up His sleepy country has just thrown off centuries of tyranny, but new waves of domination inundate his city Through the boy s eyes, we see the terrors of World War II as he witnesses fascist invasions, allied bombings, partisan infighting, and the many faces of human cruelty as well as the simple pleasures of life Evacuating to the countryside, he expects to find an ideal world full of extraordinary things but discovers instead an archaic backwater where a severed arm becomes a talisman and deflowered girls mysteriously vanish Woven between the chapters of the boy s story are tantalizing fragments of the city s history As the devastation mounts, the fragments lose coherence, and we perceive firsthand how the violence of war destroys than just buildings and bridges. Download Chronicle in Stone – kino-fada.fr Knowing where the title comes from tells us a lot about this book The city and the stone houses themselves play such a part that they are like characters The story is set in Gjirokaster, Albania, a city of stone perched on such steep topography that a drunk can slip off the road on one street and land on a roof of a street below The uniqueness of the city has earned it UNESCO World Heritage Landmark status.Kadare is the classic national writer of Albania He was born in 1936, so this coming o Knowing where the title comes from tells us a lot about this book The city and the stone houses themselves play such a part that they are like characters The story is set in Gjirokaster, Albania, a city of stone perched on such steep topography that a drunk can slip off the road on one street and land on a roof of a street below The uniqueness of the city has earned it UNESCO World Heritage Landmark status.Kadare is the classic national writer of Albania He was born in 1936, so this coming of age story is set around WW II and the events leading up to it Gjirokas.... , REVISED REVIEW I was tired last nightI loved this book Why Well, what I loved most was the writing style I scarcely realized I was learning about the events occurring in Albania 1941 43 The book description here at GR is practically nonexistent so I will explain a bit Although fiction,this book is in fact about the author s own experiences during the Second World War, when he was a child growing up in Gjirokast r, Albania This is an ancient city near the Albanian Greek border In 19 REVISED REVIEW I was tired last nightI loved this book Why Well, what I loved most was the writing style I scarcely realized I was learning about the events occurring in Albania 1941 43 The book description here at GR is practically nonexistent so I will explain a bit Although fiction,this book is in fact about the author s own experiences during the Second World War, when he was a child growing up in Gjirokast r, Albania This is an ancient city near the Albanian Greek border In 1939 Mussolin...Eleven years ago I was in Albania, and after being taken on a tour of the capital, Tirana, by a university student, Theofania, we sat down at a pavement cafe to rest and have something to drink Theofania said that a man at the next table was Ismail Kadare, one of Albania s most famous writers One of my recurring daydreams has been how nice it would be to sit at cafe tables having literary discussions, especially with famous authors Tirana is a small enough town that one can see people doing t Eleven years ago I was in Albania, and after being taken on a tour of the capital, Tirana, by a university student, Theofania, we sat down at a pavement cafe to rest and have something to drink Theofania said that a man at the next table was Ismail Kadare, one of Albania s most famous writers One of my recurring daydreams has been how nice it would be to sit at cafe tables having literary discussions, especially with famous authors Tirana is a small enough town that one can see people doing that, even if one does not have the temerity to join in In the course of our tour we also passed Albania s most famous film star, riding a bicycle I d never heard of Ismail Kadare before, but having set eyes on him, if not actually having spoken...I visited Gjirokaster in Albania in 1984 during the last year of the life of the country s dictator, Enver Hoxha This town is the setting for Chronicle in Stone first published by Ismail Kadar in Albanian in Tirana in 1971 It was also his birthplace in 1936 and that of Enver Hoxha in 1908 I can attest that the city is indeed, to quote Kadar s words,a stone carapace inhabited by human flesh I did not realise until I read the book how many times the city had been occupied during WW I visited Gjirokaster in Albania in 1984 during the last year of the life of the country s dictator, Enver Hoxha This town is the setting for Chronicle in Stone first published by Ismail Kadar in Albanian in Tirana in 1971 It was also his birthplace in 1936 and that of Enver Hoxha in 1908 I can ...Another amazing story from Kadare The city of his birth is brought to life through a child s eyes during the various occupations and bombings that tormented the place during WWII The most poetic prose and imaginative imagery highlight the story and make it one of the best I have ever read The story overflows with beautiful, lovely, interesting characters and thoughts that could only come from a child s mind, so innocent and endearing that despite what is going on around him, he still knows wh Another amazing story from Kadare The city of his birth is brought to life through a child s eyes during the various occupations and bombings that tormented the place during WWII The most poetic prose and imaginative imagery highlight the story and make it one of the best I have ever read The story overflows with beautiful, lovel... 352157 16570% 12Yes, beautiful, yes, sad, yes terrifying and warm and mesmerizing Butthan that, it gives a unique insight into a hitherto unknown world a small city in Albania during World War II, one that is occupied and lost, occupied and lost The narrator is a boy who understands what is going on as best he can that is, with no other context than that of his immediate life His only awareness of the outside world, in fact, comes from a book loaned to him by an older boy who is a student and s...I wanted to love thisThe ideas and the character were marbled with genius, particularly some of the anthropomorphism It made me think in moments of One Hundred Years of Solitude But the language often bored me It often lacked lyricism, and often seemed disjointed Maybe it s a thing with translation this specific one or translation from this language If the prose had sparkled, I could have fallen in love with this Very interesting, in any case, but harder work than it might have b I wanted to love thisThe ideas and the character were marbled with genius, particularly some of the anthropomorphism It made me think in moments of One Hundred Years of Solitude ...Immediately, one of the most captivating things for me about Ismail Kadare s Chronicle in Stone was how the narrator, a nameless boy, distinguishes old women as old crones The old crones were consulted These were aged women who could never be surprised or frightened by anything anyThey had long since stopped going out of their houses, for they found the world boring To them even major events like epidemics, floods and wars were only repetitions of what they had seen before.Granny Shan Immediately, one of the most captivating things for me about Ismail Kadare s Chronicle in Stone was how the narrator, a nameless boy, distinguishes old women as old crones The old crones were consulted These were aged women who could never be surprised or frightened by anything anyThey had long since stopped going out of their houses, for they found the world boring To them even major events like epidemics, floods and wars were only repetitions of what they had seen before.Granny Shano spent thirty one years inside until one day she went out into the street a few yards in front of her house to assault an Italian officer who was making eyes at her great granddaughter These crones were very robu...

• English
• 22 March 2017
Ismail Kadare
• Hardcover
• 301 pages
• 1559708336
• Ismail Kadare
• Chronicle in Stone