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Chronicle in Stone is a charming and humorous novel told from the fanciful viewpoint of a child who sees what people do but is not old enough to understand the context of their actions. The...
Chronicle in Stone ( Albanian: Kronikë në gur) is a novel by Albanian author Ismail Kadare. First published in Albanian in 1971, and translated into English by Arshi Pipa in 1987, it describes life in a small Albanian city during World War II.
- Robert Elsie, Ismail Kadare
- 1971
There are brief and fragmentary chronicles from the chroniclers of the town as well as the narrator’s own experiences, including sexual awakening. The town itself survives bombings and successive occupations by the Italians and the Greeks, who seem to interchange on several occasions, till the Germans come and cause substantial damage.
Jul 2, 2007 · Book Review: Chronicle in Stone. Imagine a remote, superstition-gripped village in the mountains of Albania clinging to such a steep slope that when drunks fall off the sidewalk, they land on someone's roof. That's the setting of Ismail Kadare's Chronicle in Stone, newly updated, revised and published in a full version for the first time in ...
Jan 1, 2001 · Ismail Kadare. Masterful in its simplicity, Chronicle in Stone is a touching coming-of-age story and a testament to the perseverance of the human spirit. Surrounded by the magic of beautiful women and literature, a boy must endure the deprivations of war as he suffers the hardships of growing up.
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- 1971
- Robert Elsie, Ismail Kadare
- Hardcover
Chronicle in Stone. work by Kadare. Also known as: “Kronike ne gur” Learn about this topic in these articles: discussed in biography. In Ismail Kadare. Kronikë në gur (1971; Chronicle in Stone) is an autobiographical novel that is as much about Kadare’s childhood in wartime Albania as about the town of Gjirokastër itself. Read More.
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Chronicle in Stone describes life in Gjirokastër, a small city in Albania, during World War II. The story is told from the perspective of a first-person narrator, a young boy, who shares his opinions, hopes, and fears about the events raging around him.
