Legendary novelist Ismail Kadare's first book of nonfiction available in English, translated from the Albanian by Ani Kokobobo, is an enthralling reintroduction to some of the greatest writers of the Western canon—Shakespeare, Dante, and Aeschylus—as seen through a non-Western perspective. Kadare, who fled Albania’s oppressive regime, frames these writers' works through the lens of resisting totalitarianism and uses them as a clarion call for collective identity at a time when nationalism is on a frightening upsurge. pp 304; $19.99; February 2018 • ISBN: 9781632061744

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