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0-941533-50-6. OCLC. 44885471. 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. A revised translation by David Bellos was published in 2007.
- Robert Elsie, Ismail Kadare
- 1971
Summary. 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 ...
Jan 1, 2001 · Ismail Kadare. 4.09. 4,027 ratings410 reviews. 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
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 ...
The town gets its own anti-aircraft gun and manages to shoot down one of the planes and the left arm of the pilot who is killed becomes a sort of relic. Despite the occupation, the town and the narrator go on with their life. There are brief and fragmentary chronicles from the chroniclers of the town as well as the narrator’s own experiences ...
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. The novel Ura me tri harqe (1978; The Three-Arched Bridge ), set in medieval Albania, received wide critical acclaim. Muzgu i perëndive të stepës (1978; Twilight of ...
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Jul 1, 2011 · Chronicle in Stone. : 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. His sleepy country has just thrown off ...
