In a seamless mosaic of dreams and games, a young boy reflects on events as his hometown in Albania falls to a series of invaders. Amid floods and bombings, his own innocence and wonder are lost forever in the madness and brutality of the Second World War.
A disturbing mix of tragedy and comedy, politics and sexuality, Chronicle in Stone is a fascinating masterpiece about what it means to grow up in a turbulent world.
"A great novel . . . A joyful, often comic piece of work" -- James Wood ― New Yorker
"Sophisticated and accomplished in its poetic prose and narrative deftness" -- John Updike ― New Yorker
"A master storyteller" -- JOHN CAREY
"Ismail Kadare has sometimes been compared with Kafka, and you can see why" ― Mail on Sunday
"There are very few writers alive today with the depth, power and resonance of this remarkable novelist" ― Herald
"Chronicle in Stone is stunning, the quintessential tale of war seen through a child's eyes" -- Susan Salter Reynolds ― Los Angeles Times
"Writing like this is hard to stop quoting . . . It is musical not only in rhythms that survive in this deft . . . translation but in its most elemental perceptions" -- Evan Eisenberg ― The Nation
"[Albania's] most remarkable export: the novels of Ismail Kadare" -- Ken Kalfus ― The Village Voice Literary Supplement
"Chronicle in Stone is epic in its simplicity; the history of a young Albanian and a primitive Albania awakening into the modern world" -- Michael Dregni ― Minneapolis Star Tribune
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