Ismail Kadare

2 summariesLiterary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fiction

Ismail Kadare is an Albanian novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter, and playwright. He is a leading international literary figure and intellectual. He focused on poetry until the publication of his first novel, The General of the Dead Army, which made him famous internationally.

Books by Ismail Kadare

2 books available

Broken April
Ismail Kadare
4.0 (4k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
Haunted by an ancient blood feud, a young Albanian man's thirty-day reprieve after avenging his brother's death becomes a poignant dance with destiny as a curious honeymooning couple from the city inadvertently stumble into the fatal mechanism of his impending demise.
The Successor
Ismail Kadare
3.5 (1k) average on GoodreadsFiction
In a totalitarian state where truth is a tool, the suspicious death of the Designated Successor blurs the lines between suicide and murder, dream and reality, under an oppressive regime.