Description

In this mesmerizing book, created in Albania and smuggled into France several pages at the same time in the 1980s, Ismail Kadare denounces with uncommon pressure the equipment of the dictatorial regime, pulling us back once again to the historic origins of tyranny in Western World. Throughout the declining decades of Communism, a employee for the Albanian state-controlled press company narrates the tale of his ill-fated love for the child of the high-ranking official. When he see the image of Agamemnon-the Ancient Greek Language master who sacrificed their own child for factors of Condition-to the reviewing stand throughout a May Day party, he starts to believe the entire disaster of his commitment. Also included are "The Stunning Purchase," a tale of the Ottoman Empire concerning the uses of horror in authoritarian regimes, and "The Truly Amazing Wall," a relaxing duet between a gift and a Chinese standard in the invading army of the Tamerlane.