- Kanun, Fiction, general, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, romance, general
A venture into the strange (to us) world of the Albanian mountains, where the iron dictates of the "kanun", or blood feud, wrench apart the lives and peace of generation after generation.
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Grave, earnest, prestige and bleak.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Ismail Kadare
- First published
- 1982
- Pages
- 232
- Publisher
- New Amsterdam Books, Vintage, Saqi Books
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- French, English, Spanish, Korean
- ISBN
- 9781561310654
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“His feet were cold, and each time he moved his numbed legs a little he heard the desolate grating of pebbles under his shoes."”
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