{"product_id":"a-dictator-calls-ismail-kadare","title":"A Dictator Calls (Ismail Kadare)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2024**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Comrade Stalin wishes to speak with you.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fascinating exploration of the relationship between writers and tyranny, from the winner of the first Man Booker International Prize.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn June 1934, Joseph Stalin allegedly telephoned the famous novelist and poet Boris Pasternak to discuss the arrest of fellow Soviet poet Osip Mandelstam. In a fascinating combination of dreams and dossier facts, Ismail Kadare reconstructs the three minutes they spoke and the aftershocks of this tense, mysterious moment in modern history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWeaving together the accounts of witnesses, reporters and writers such as Isaiah Berlin and Anna Akhmatova, Kadare tells a gripping story of power and political structures, of the relationship between writers and tyranny. The telling brings to light uncanny parallels with Kadare's experience writing under dictatorship, when he received an unexpected phone call of his own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the Albanian by John Hodgson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of Europe's most decorated authors... Seasoned fans [of Kadare] will be enthralled' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIsmail Kadare\u003c\/b\u003e (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.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 224 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65850023051613,"sku":"K097217935","price":10.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9721793500001A.jpg?v=1788801525","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/a-dictator-calls-ismail-kadare","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}