Books set in Albania (35)
Find more books set in Albania by genre:
Historical fiction
Historical
Memoir
Biography
Political
Philosophical
Contemporary fiction
Cultural
Adult
21.
AlbaniaDescription:
Dédié à la mémoire de sa mère, ce court récit est, pour le grand écrivain albanais, prétexte à évoquer à nouveau sa ville natale Gjirokastër. C’est aussi, et surtout, l’occasion de décrire les relations entre une mère aussi frêle et légère qu’une poupée de papier mâché, égarée dans une vaste maison dont elle est censée assumer la gestion sous le regard revêche des femmes de sa belle-famille, et un fils intellectuel, émancipé, entretenant une relation hors mariage, usant de mots qu’elle ne comprend pas, dont elle redoute qu’il en vienne à renier tout ce qu’elle incarne : une des plus anciennes ... continue
22.
Misinterpretation by Ledia Xhoga EN
Description:
"Xhoga writes with sly, benign wit. Read this novel."--Tom Grimes
Kosovo24.
Sworn Virgin by Elvira Dones EN
Description:
Independence in the Albanian mountains means a vow to become a man--independence in America means reclaiming her womanhood.
25.
The Country Where No One Ever Dies by Ornela Vorpsi EN
Description:
Victimized by dysfunctional family dynamics while struggling with the harsh realities of Albania's communist regime, a young girl endures everyday violence and the perpetual changing of her own identity, in an English translation of an award-winning first novel. Original.
26.
Description:
Young Ismail's world centres around his mother. Naïve and fragile as a paper doll, she is an unlikely presence in her husband's imposing house, with its hidden rooms and infamous dungeon. Yet despite her youthful nature, she is not without her own enigmas. Most of all, she fears that her intellectual, radical son will exchange her for a superior mother when he becomes a famous writer. From the winner of the first ever Man Booker International Prize, this is a disarming story of home and creative ambition, of personal and political freedom. Rooted in the author's own childhood in Albania, it is... continue
27.
The Fall of the Stone City by Ismail Kadare EN
Description:
From the Man Booker International Prize winner comes a story of the great city of Gjirokaster and of a secret meeting that may have changed the face of Europe in the twentieth century
28.
The Ghost Rider by Ismail Kadare EN
Description:
A classic medieval mystery from the Albanian master
29.
The Palace of Dreams by Ismail Kadare EN
Description:
At the heart of the Sultan s vast but fragile empire stands the mysterious Palace of Dreams: the most secret and powerful Ministry ever invented. Its task is to scour every town, village and hamlet to collect the citizens dreams, then to sift, sort and c
30.
Description:
In the early fifteenth century, as winter falls away, the people of Albania know that their fate is sealed. They have refused to negotiate with the Ottoman Empire, and war is now inevitable. Soon enough dust kicked up by Turkish horses is spotted from a citadel. Brightly coloured banners, hastily constructed minarets and tens of thousands of men fill the plain below. From this moment on, the world is waiting to hear that the fortress has fallen.The Siege tells the enthralling story of the weeks and months that follow ' of the exhilaration and despair of the battlefield, the constantly shifting... continue