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Spring Flowers, Spring Frost: A Novel

Spring Flowers, Spring Frost: A Novel

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by Ismail Kadare, David Bellos (Trans.)
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Pub 2002-08-29 192 English Arcade Publishing As spring arrives in the Albanian mountain town of B-. some strange things are emerging in the thaw Bank robbers strike the National Bank The ghastly Kanun... regulator of medieval Albanias blood vendettas. is dredged up from the shipwreck of history. And the ultra-explosive secrets of the state archives. rumoured to be buried in the area. are threatening to flood the entire nation. As Mark. an artist. struggles to complete portraits of his inextricably disturbed girlfriend and of the iceberg that struck the Titanic. he finds the dreamy. peaceful rhythms of his life turned upside down by ancient love and modern barbarism. by the renaissance of Brezhnev and Oedipus and by the peculiar brutality of a country surprised and divided by its new freedom.

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ISBN13: 9781860469893
ISBN10: 1860469892
Language: English
Publisher: Arcade Publishing, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2002
Format: Paperback

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    A haunting exploration of Albanian history and modern chaos.

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    Spring Flowers, Spring Frost offers a compelling dive into a country grappling with its past and present. Through Mark's introspective journey, the novel vividly captures the tension between tradition and change, history and upheaval. It's a thought-provoking read for anyone interested in complex societies or evocative storytelling.
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