- Translations into English
In the title novella, a young man working for the state-controlled media agency experiences a vision of the ancient general Agamemnon, who warns him of the repercussions of his love affair with a high-ranking official's daughter, in a collection that also includes the short stories "The Blinding Order" and "The Great Wall."
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Grave, prestige, classical in form and earnest.
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- Ismail Kadare
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 226
- Publisher
- Bond Street Books, Arcade, Arcade Publishing
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English, French, alb
- ISBN
- 9782213616469
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