The Ghost Rider by Ismail Kadare
An old woman is awoken in the dead of night by knocks at her front door. The woman opens it to find her daughter, Doruntine, standing there alone in the darkness. She has been brought home from a distant land by a mysterious rider she claims is her brother Konstandin. But unbeknownst to her, Konstandin has been dead for years. What follows is chain of events which plunges a medieval village into fear and mistrust. Who is the ghost rider?
His fiction offers invaluable insights into life under tyranny - his historical allegories point both to the grand themes and small details that make up life in a restrictive environmentHe is a great writer, by any nation's standards. -- Ben Naparstek * * Financial Times * *
One of the most important voices in literature today. -- Alan Chadwick * * Metro * *
One of the great writers of our time. * * Scotsman * *
A master storyteller. * * John Carey * *
Ismail Kadare is one of Europe's most consistently interesting and powerful contemporary novelists, a writer whose stark, memorable prose imprints itself on the reader's consciousness. * * Los Angeles Times * *
Spooky and intellectually challenging. * * The Herald on Sunday * *
One of the most important voices in literature today. -- Alan Chadwick * * Metro * *
One of the great writers of our time. * * Scotsman * *
A master storyteller. * * John Carey * *
Ismail Kadare is one of Europe's most consistently interesting and powerful contemporary novelists, a writer whose stark, memorable prose imprints itself on the reader's consciousness. * * Los Angeles Times * *
Spooky and intellectually challenging. * * The Herald on Sunday * *
Born in 1936, Ismail Kadare was Albania's best-known poet and novelist. Translations of his novels have appeared in more than forty countries. In 2005, he won the inaugural Man Booker International Prize for 'a body of work written by an author who has had a truly global impact'. He is the recipient of the highly prestigious 2009 Principe de Asturias de las Letras in Spain. He died in 2024, aged 88.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781847673411 |
| ISBN 10 | 1847673414 |
| Title | The Ghost Rider |
| Author | Ismail Kadare |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
| Year published | 2010-05-20 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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