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The Ghost Rider
The Ghost Rider | Ismail Kadare
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"Ismail Kadare is one of Europe's most consistently interesting and powerful contemporary novelists, a writer whose stark, memorable prose imprints itself on the reader's consciousness." --Los Angeles Times An old woman is awoken in the dead of night by knocks at her front door. The woman opens it to find her daughter, Doruntine, standing there alone in the darkness. She has been brought home from a distant land by a mysterious rider she claims is her brother Konstandin. But unbeknownst to her, Konstandin has been dead for years. What follows is chain of events which plunges a medieval village into fear and mistrust. Who is the ghost rider? From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Pinta
Pinta
Doruntine | Ismail Kadare
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Albanian folk tale reimagined as a medieval police thriller. A habitual reread, something about this story that haunts me: the serious inspector trying not to give in to capital R Romantic notions of bonds & love & promises. Ghost story, detective story, national pride & family bonds. The “bessa,” a promise that can overcome death. What do you dare believe? Translated from French translated from Albanian, but solid. 1986, tr. 1988

Dilara Seeing some Kadaré love on Litsy warms my heart! He is one of my favourite novelists 😁 4mo
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Darklunarose
Darklunarose
The Ghost Rider | Ismail Kadare
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I have to say I really enjoyed reading this book. It wasn‘t quite what I expected but it was a very good read.

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Darklunarose
Darklunarose
The Ghost Rider | Ismail Kadare
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Giving this one a go for a bit. There hasn‘t been a lot of reading happening round here of late but now the seasonal stuff is over I hope to dive in.

Dilara If that's the book I think it is (my version's title is “Qui a ramené Doruntine ?“, ie “Who brought back Doruntine“?), I hope you like it - I did! 3y
Darklunarose @Dilara that‘s the one. And I am enjoying it, inky got the first chapter read last night, but about to sit down in the (hopeful) quiet to read some more. My project for the last few years has been to slowly read a book set in each country. This one is my Albanian book 3y
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LifeInPages
LifeInPages
The Ghost Rider | Ismail Kadare
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So far an ok read. 7 chps and I just made it to #4.

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