...a magical parable of love, death and the power of familial bonds. -Stephen Salisbury, New York Times Book Review

"Ismail Kadare is one of Europe's most consistently interesting and powerful contemporary novelists, a writer whose stark, memorable prose imprints itself on th

Ismail Kadare has experienced a life of controversy. In his own country and internationally he has been both acclaimed as a writer and condemned as a lackey of

An old woman is awoken in the dead of night by knocks at her front door. The woman opens it to find her daughter, Doruntine, standing there alone in the darknes

This volume assesses the importance of border crossings in the evolution of European culture and identity, as reflected in the work of modern European writers a