This novel,... Ismail Kadare, Author, David Bellos, Translator, trans. from the French of Jusef Vrioni by David Bellos. Arcade $23.95 (182p) ISBN 978-1-55970-635-3 Working at the intersection of ...

Novelist Ismail Kadare ... of totalitarianism. Kadare's novels, essays and poems have been translated into more than 40 languages, making him the Balkans' best-known modern novelist.