编辑推荐From Publishers WeeklyHoneymooners in the mountains of Albania and a young man playing out a blood feud set the stage for this mesmerizing tale. Ordered by his father to obey the mandates of Kanun , or mountain law, Gjorg Berisha kills a a man to avenge the murder of his brother. According to the Kanun , however, it is the right and duty of the slain man's family to murder Gjorg after the bessa , or 30-day truce, expires in mid-April. Gjorg plans to spend the first, "white" part of that month as a wanderer, but first must walk to a distant village to pay a "blood tax" to the region's ruling family. On the way, he catches the eye of Diana Vorpsis, traveling in the mountains by carriage with her new husband, Bessian. Something about Gjorg, his role in the drama she hears about and his probable death captures Diana's soul. She becomes increasingly withdrawn as she longs to find the young man she has earlier glimpsed, while Gjorg is equally determined to find her and learn of her life before his April turns "black." Thanks to simple prose and engaging details, the Albanian Kadare ( Chronicles in Stone ) makes this story of harsh yet romantic mountain life ring magically true. --Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. "...compared with that of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. (Kadre) induces that same ironic double-take...the child's magical view..." -- Leonie Caldecott, New York Times Book Review "Albania's most valuable literary export: the novels of Ismail Kadare." -- Ken Kalfus, Village Voice Literary Supplement "One of the most compelling novelists now writing in any language." -- Wall Street Journal ...A precise and delicate balance of wonder and horror, simplicity and irony...with a keen sense of literary history. -- Christian Science Monitor One of contemporary fiction's greatest prose lyricists. -- Philadelphia Inquirer Powerful, old-fashioned fiction almost Dostoevskian in its dark vision. -- Kirkus Reviews Written with masterly simplicity in a bardic style.... Kadare comes to the forefront as a major international novelist. -- New York Times--This text refers to the Paperback edition. |
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