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In this spellbinding novel, written in Albania and smuggled into France a few pages at a time in the 1980s, Ismail Kadare denounces with rare force the machinery of a dictatorial regime, drawing us back to the ancient roots of tyranny in Western Civilization. During the waning years of Communism, a young worker for the Albanian state-controlled media agency narrates the story of his ill-fated love for the daughter of a high-ranking official. When he witness the ghostly image of Agamemnon-the Ancient Greek king who sacrificed his own daughter for reasons of State-on the reviewing stand during a May Day celebration, he begins to suspect the full catastrophe of his devotion. Also included are "The Blinding Order," a parable of the Ottoman Empire about the uses of terror in authoritarian regimes, and "The Great Wall," a chilling duet between a Chinese official and a soldier in the invading army of the Tamerlane.
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Agamemnon's Daughter: A Novella and Stories, Ismail Kadare
- Langue
- Année de publication
- 2007
- Reliure
- (rigide),
- État du livre
- Bon
- Prix
- 6,99 €
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- Titre
- Agamemnon's Daughter: A Novella and Stories
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Ismail Kadare
- Éditeur
- Canongate Books
- Publié
- 2007
- Format
- rigide
- Pages
- 226
- ISBN13
- 9781847672230
- Séries
- Diptyque
- Catégories
- Mots clés
- Nouvelles, 20e siècle, Romans courts, 21e siècle, Littérature albanaise
- Évaluation
- 3,7 sur 5
- Description
- In this spellbinding novel, written in Albania and smuggled into France a few pages at a time in the 1980s, Ismail Kadare denounces with rare force the machinery of a dictatorial regime, drawing us back to the ancient roots of tyranny in Western Civilization. During the waning years of Communism, a young worker for the Albanian state-controlled media agency narrates the story of his ill-fated love for the daughter of a high-ranking official. When he witness the ghostly image of Agamemnon-the Ancient Greek king who sacrificed his own daughter for reasons of State-on the reviewing stand during a May Day celebration, he begins to suspect the full catastrophe of his devotion. Also included are "The Blinding Order," a parable of the Ottoman Empire about the uses of terror in authoritarian regimes, and "The Great Wall," a chilling duet between a Chinese official and a soldier in the invading army of the Tamerlane.