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Ismail Kadare has a remarkable quality of saying a great deal and with much clarity, but in an elusive, oblique, and allegorical way. Peter Constantine s…
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October 16, 2019Photo by J. Foley Opale World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma’s award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, announced late Wednesday eveni…
June 6, 2019Vincent Brassinne, “Purple Hell – Trees in Motion 2” / Flickr On June 3, 1510, the graying Arbërian prince Gjon Muzaka was sitting at his desk.[i] He had the vertiginous fee…
August 14, 2013Ismail KadareI should hate Ismail Kadare. I should hate him because I am Macedonian, and he is Albanian, and our two peoples have been enemies for centuries and went to war as recently as a dozen year…- July 27, 2012As always, it was a very busy week in the world of literature. This week's links reach across the globe, with news from Japan, Germany, France, and England.News, Reviews, and Interviews…
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