Summary
The new novel from the first winner of the International Booker Prize, inspired by three minutes in June 1934 when Joseph Stalin allegedly called Boris Pasternak. A fascinating meditation on Soviet Russia, authoritarianism, power structures, and a period of great writers.
LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2024
‘Comrade Stalin wishes to speak with you.’
In June 1934, Joseph Stalin allegedly telephoned the famous novelist and poet Boris Paste…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781787303638 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1787303632 |
| Author: | Ismail Kadare, John Hodgson |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Harvill Secker |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 20 November 2023 |
| Weight: | 317g |
| Dimensions: | 204mm x 138mm x 25mm |
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Critics Review
One of Europe’s most decorated authors… Seasoned fans [of Kadare] will be enthralled by this very personal meditation on the circumstances in which, against the odds, he [Pasternak] still managed to thrive * Sunday Times *An inquiry concerning power, artistic integrity, fame, memory and more… A Dictator Calls is slim, but its themes are not… the riddles of this novel are still ringing in my mind * Sunday Telegraph *Albania’s greatest living writer… A Dictator Calls is a thought-provoking consideration of the relationship between writers and tyranny, with John Hodgson’s translation gracefully rendering Kadare’s imagination. * Financial Times *Rich material from this ever-intriguing writer – Julian Barnes * New Statesman, Books of the Year *
About The Author
Ismail Kadare
Ismail Kadare (1936-2024) is Albania’s best-known novelist and poet. Translations of his novels have appeared in more than forty countries. He was awarded the inaugural Man Booker International Prize in 2005, the Jerusalem Prize in 2015, the Park Kyong-ni Prize in 2019 and the Neustadt Prize in 2020.
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