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A Girl in Exile, first published in Albanian in 2009, is set among the bureaucratic machinery of Albania s 1945 1991 dictatorship While waiting to hear whether his newest play will be approved for production, 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.He soon learns that Linda s family, considered suspect, was exiled to a small town far from the capital, and that she committed suicide Under the influence of a paranoid regime, Rudian finds himself swept along on a surreal quest to discover what really happened to Linda B Through layers of intrigue, her story gradually unfolds how she loved Rudian from a distance, and the risks she was prepared to take so that she could get close to him He becomes captivated by her story, and disturbed at how he might be culpable for her fate A Girl in Exile is a stunning, deeply affecting portrait of life and love under surveillance, infused with myth, wry humor, and the absurdity of a paranoid regime. Best Read E penguara [ by ] Ismail Kadare [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr ,,, , , 1800 ,,, , , 1800 , , , , , 2010, ,, , ,The time the story was placed,was just a little bit depressing,and from time to time,I didn t have the nerve to keep reading.So many nonsenses,but that still in those days had to make senseBut I really loved the ending,its cruelty was adorable,and so kind still with the nonsenses The time the story was placed,was just a l...Linda B is the girl brought up during the communist regime in Albania She and her whole family are interned into a village, and therefore banned to enter the city of Tirana After graduating from high school in Tirana, Linda B must return to the village where her family is and never set foot in the city For a young girl whose lived and loved in the city and has so many dreams ahead this is simply murder Kadare is a master at portraying this feeling of isolation and the loss of hope that so Linda B is the girl brought up during the communist regime in Albania She and her whole family are interned into a village, and therefore banned to enter the city of Tirana After graduating from high school in Tirana, Linda B must return to the village where her family is and never set foot in the city For a young girl whose lived and loved in the city and has so many dreams ahead this is simply murder Kadare is a master at portraying this feeling of isolation and the loss of hope that so many people suffered in communist Albania What is special about Kadare s writing is his subliminal language, there s always a sort of duality to the story Like many artists and writers this style of writing was developed and used under the dictatorship of Enver Hoxha Wr...I have a couple of noughties Kadare paperbacks, unread, which both have pointedly austere and literary covers This one, with its title and falling female silhouette, seems aimedat the new audience for moderately literary thrillers with unreliable point of view characters and names including the word Girl Who will likely be di...I read this without knowing what to expect and it took me a very long time to have any understanding of what the book was doing in large part because I began it knowing absolutely nothing about Albania, so I could not at first even figure out if it was about a historical reality or Ruritania turned dystopia TheI understood, theI appreciated it, and I finished it with enjoyment I think it is a book that will be excellent upon rereading when I can see how it all fits together from I read this without knowing what to expect and it took me a very long time to have any understanding of what the book was doing in large part because I began it knowing absolutely nothing about Albania, so I could not at first even figure out if it was about a historical reality or Ruritania turned dystopia TheI understood, theI appreciated it, and I finished it with enjoyment I think it is ...Around the World challenge Albania I can tell I missed the point with this book and didn t manage to find the different levels of understanding The first part was pretty confusing, then the part where Mig...Reviewed by the great John Banville, can t wait till this arrivesKadare is famous for writing novels with messages so subtle as to pass underneath the notice of the former communist party that ruled Albania, and A Girl in Exile attempts to portray a playwright that essentially does the same I ve become a little tired of the trope of casting a writer as the main character in a novel I understand that authors are supposed to write what they know, but it feels both arrogant and a little lazy to create in such a way This comes through in A Girl in Exile, and I Kadare is famous for writing novels with messages so subtle as to pass underneath the notice of the former communist party that ruled Albania, and A Girl in Exile attempts to portray a playwright that essentially does the same I ve become a little tired of the trope of casting a writer as the main character in a novel I understand that authors are supposed to write what they know, but it feels both arrogant and a little lazy to create in such a way This comes through in A Girl in Exile, and I could not divorce the author from his main character, despite the excellent writing and intriguing plot, and even found myself envisioning the man whose ...A wild ride originally published in Albanian in 2009 Set right before the demonstrations that would signal the fall of communism in Albania, but still firmly within the grasp of dictatorship and its bureaucracy, playwright Rudian Stefa meets a lovely young woman at a book signing after a performance of his play in the capital city of Tirana The young woman, Migena, asks for a signature for her friend, Linda B Rudian thinks she s asking for herself, but also finds her quite attractive and A wild ride originally published in Albanian in 2009 Set right before the demonstrations that would signal the fall of communism in Albania, but still firmly within the grasp of dictatorship and its bureaucracy, playwright Rudian Stefa meets a lovely young woman at a book signing after a performance of his play in the capital city of Tirana The young woman, Migena, asks for a signature for her friend, Linda B Rudian thinks she s asking for herself, but also finds her quite attractive and they begin an affair The book opens as things start to tumble Rudian s upcoming play is held up by the Artistic Board who is concerned about whether socialist realism can include ghosts, he s had a fight with Migena, and he gets cal...This powerful novel pulls together the myth of orpheus and eurydice with the totalitarian state of Albania in the late 1980 s It then layers on top of it the story of a playwright and his relationships with 2 young women who are enamoured with his writing, one of whom he has never met but is found dead with an autographed copy of one of his works.In it s subtle way, it is very much about the power of the state to observe and control people, especially women, and to completely stifle their freed This powerful novel pulls together the myth of orpheus and eurydice with the totalitarian state of Albania in the late 1980 s It then layers on top of it the story of a playwright and his relationships with 2 young women who are enamoured with his writing, one of whom he has never met but is found dead with an autographed copy of one of his works.In it s subtle way, it is very much about the power of the state to observe and control people, especially women, and to ...

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  • Albanian
  • 07 July 2017
  • Paperback
  • 213 pages
  • 9789994342 Edition Language Albanian Literary Awards Europese Literatuurprijs Nominee 2014 Other Editions 12
  • Ismail Kadare
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