ISMAIL KADARE

La construcción fabulosa de una especie de reino de la muerte, de un infierno en el que los sueños y el inconsciente colectivo son analizados y censurados, se convierte en una de las mejores alegorías del poder totalitario levantadas por Ismail Kadare, asi como uno de sus mas perfectos logros narrativos. El joven Mark-Alem, vastago de los Quyprilli, influyente familia de procedencia albanesa y promotora de importantes reformas en el seno del Imperio Otomano, consigue un atractivo puesto de funcionario en el Palacio de los Sueños, inquietante organismo estatal al que cada ciudadano esta obligado a enviar por escrito un informe de lo soñado durante la noche. La presente edicion ha sido minuciosamente revisada de acuerdo con la edicion definitiva de su obra que acometio el autor, libre ya de trabas, a partir de que obtuviera asilo politico en Francia en 1990.Traduccion de Ramon Sanchez Lizarralde

Si a veces parece que un nombre está predestinado a relacionarse con un episodio sangriento o heroico, no es éste el caso de Kosovo, cuyo inocente y apacible significado ­«campo de mirlos»­ se compad

La aparición de dos irlandeses de Nueva York en una localidad del norte de Albania con el fin de investigar en esta remota región la conexión de los rapsodas albaneses con la creación de la «Ilíada»

"Lo queramos o no, nuestra humanidad, todos nosotros formamos parte del sistema de la guerra. Es ésta la mayor maldición, la vergüenza absoluta de nuestro planeta. Hace siglos que hemos caído en ese

A principios del siglo XV las huestes otomanas avanzaban por los Balcanes hacia el corazón de Europa. La gente de Albania supo que su suerte estaba echada. Habían renunciado a negociar con el Imperi

Aparecida por vez primera en Tirana en 1970, Crónica de piedra supuso un importante giro en la trayectoria novelística de Ismaíl Kadare, convirtiendose en foco del que habrían de irradiar personajes, procedimientos y proyectos narrativos. En esta obra, una de las pocas autobiograficas del autor, desfilan los años de la infancia durante la invasion italiana y alemana, la resistencia guerrillera y la vida en ese ambiente, pero tambien sus primeras lecturas y obsesiones, la conformacion de su imaginacion y de su mirada, nucleo de toda su obra posterior. Traduccion de Ramon Sanchez Lizarralde

Che cosa e successo la notte del 13 dicembre nella camera da letto del "successore" - l''uomo designato a prendere il posto del tiranno del popolo albanese -, il cui cadavere e stato scoperto all''alba colpito da una pallottola in pieno petto? Questo romanzo di Kadare e ispirato al piu tenebroso enigma della storia dell''Albania contemporanea: la morte misteriosa del delfino del dittatore comunista, trasparente allusione a Enver Hoxha. Chi ha ucciso il successore e perche? Partendo da un avvenimento reale al quale conferisce dimensione universale, l''autore mette a nudo la psicologia del tiranno e le trame dei regimi totalitari attraverso una vicenda ora paradossale, ora cupamente quotidiana.

Two Irish-American scholars from Harvard journey to Albania in the 1930s with a tape recorder (a 'new fangled' invention) in order to record the last genuinely oral epic singers. Their purpose, they say, is to show how Homer's epics might have been culled from a verbal tradition. But the local Governor believes its an elaborate spying mission and arranges for his own spy to follow them. The two dedicated scholars realise only too late that they have stumbled over an ants' nest. This simple tale by Albania's most eminent and gifted novelist serves to lift the veil on one of the most secret and mysterious countries of modern Europe.

In the early fifteenth century, as winter falls away, the people of Albania know that their fate is sealed. They have refused to negotiate with the Ottoman Empire, and war is now inevitable. Soon enough dust kicked up by Turkish horses is spotted from a citadel. Brightly coloured banners, hastily constructed minarets and tens of thousands of men fill the plain below. From this moment on, the world is waiting to hear that the fortress has fallen. The Siege tells the enthralling story of the weeks and months that follow of the exhilaration and despair of the battlefield, the constantly shifting strategies of war, and those whose lives are held in balance, from the Pasha himself to the technicians, artillerymen, astrologer, blind poet and harem of women that accompany him. Brilliantly vivid, as insightful as it is compelling, The Siege is an unforgettable account of the clash of two great civilisations. As a portrait of war, it resonates across the centuries and confirms Ismail Kadare as one of our most significant writers.

Two Irish-American scholars from Harvard journey to Albania in the 1930s with a tape recorder (a 'new fangled' invention) in order to record the last genuinely oral epic singers. Their purpose, they say, is to show how Homer's epics might have been culled from a verbal tradition. But the local Governor believes its an elaborate spying mission and arranges for his own spy to follow them. The two dedicated scholars realise only too late that they have stumbled over an ants' nest. This simple tale by Albania's most eminent and gifted novelist serves to lift the veil on one of the most secret and mysterious countries of modern Europe.

Cuestión de locura recoge cuatro de las novelas cortas fundamentales en la obra de Kadaré. Cubren un periodo de cuatro décadas en su narrativa. «Cuestión de locura», que da título al libro, es autobi

When a daughter is brought home to her mother by a mysterious ghostly rider it sets off a chain of events that plunges an Albanian village into fear and mistrust. The regional captain, Stres, looks to unravel the mystery set against the struggle for the land between the churches of Rome and Byzantium, wanting to put an end to the resurrection rumour. At the core of the story is the Albanian promise made between a son and his mother, and the importance of loyalty to the values of a culture under attack.