Agamemnon's Daughter

Agamemnon's Daughter

A15314
1.590 Lekë
Ismail Kadare
ISBN: 9781841959788
Publication Year: 2013
Number of Pages: 240

Agamemnon's Daughter is a searing story of love denied, then shattered, under the chilling wheels of the state. It follows one day in the life of a young, unnamed journalist about to attend a celebratory May Day parade. His lover, Suzana, whose father's political star is on the rise, has just left the journalist in a sort of political sacrifice. Kadare draws us into a land deprived of choice, a country under a reign of terror. Through the impeccably crafted, incisive tale, we are given a true sense of how hard it can be to remain human in a world ruled by fear and suspicion.
In his compelling prequel to The Successor, Kadare draws us into a land deprived of choice, a country under a reign of terror. The spellbinding Agamemnon's Daughter was written in Albania in the 1980s and smuggled into France a few pages at a time. It reveals a world where fear is an instrument of power, but the individual survives despite the odds.From the winner of the first Man Booker International Prize comes a searing story of love denied, then shattered under the chilling wheels of the state. Through the impeccably crafted, incisive tale of a thwarted lover's odyssey through a single day, we are given a true sense of how hard it can be to remain human in a world ruled by fear and suspicion.
Sacrificed to further a father's blood-soaked career; sacrificed for the common good; sacrificed, then forgotten.In his compelling prequel to The Successor, Kadare draws us into a land deprived of choice, a country under a reign of terror. Published here in English for the first time, the spellbinding Agamemnon's Daughter, written in Albania in the 1980s and smuggled into France a few pages at a time, reveals a world where fear is an instrument of power, but the individual survives despite the odds.From the winner of the first Man Booker International Prize comes a searing story of love denied, then shattered under the chilling wheels of the state. Through the impeccably crafted, incisive tale of a thwarted lover's odyssey through a single day, we are given a true sense of how hard it can be to remain human in a world ruled by fear and suspicion.

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