pickLoved this book, the best kind of #litfic the kind you can't put down. The story is about the nature of persecution, dissent and how governments subvert national identity. However, this is not a heavy read as such, I read it in a few hours. The imagery is really wonderful and I could read it again. Kadare sounds like a really interesting figure too, he suffered years of persecution as he was considered as a dissentor for his fiction. #Albania
Focus of the story is on relationship between Ottoman Empire and Albania, how to erased the idea of rebellion and how to stripped of Albania of its national identity.
#quotsynov17 #war
Recently got married & moved house so finally getting into my reading again. This has been on my TBR pile for some time
Ismail Kadare - #Albania 🇦🇱
#readingtheworld #readaroundtheworld
The current situation #onthenightstand + ebook - Traitor's Niche (Ismail Kadare), serial reader - Les Miserables, audiobook -I'll Give You the Sun.
#aprilbookshowers
pickA dramatic 1st page introduces us to the grim trophies of the ottoman empire displayed in the traitors niche. The book then tells stories of characters involved in the Albanian uprising against ottoman repressive rule. The book written in the 1970's and recently translated present an allegory for the communist enver hoxha regime with its violence and destruction of language and custom. Some amazing images, well worth reading.
Ive just started my first book of the man international booker longlist. I have read a couple of books by kadare before including Broken April last year which was a brilliant story of Albanian custom and folklore. So far this book promises to be challenging but interesting. His biography includes exile by the stalinist Albanian regime and im always astonished by so many writers who challenge repression - anyway i love the statue with this image.
The Traitor's Niche | 
