{"product_id":"a-girl-in-exile-requiem-for-linda-b-9781640091634","title":"A Girl in Exile: Requiem for Linda B.","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Erotic, paranoiac and lightly fantastical.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Ismail Kadare's readers are astonished every year when the Nobel committee overlooks him. . . . \u003ci\u003eA Girl in Exile\u003c\/i\u003e, published in Albanian in 2009, may rekindle the worldwide hopes.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e During the bureaucratic machinery of Albania's 1945-1991 dictatorship, playwright Rudian Stefa is called in for questioning by the Party Committee. A girl--Linda B.--has been found dead, with a signed copy of his latest book in her possession. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e He soon learns that Linda's family, considered suspect, was exiled to a small town far from the capital. Under the influence of a paranoid regime, Rudian finds himself swept along on a surreal quest to discover what really happened to Linda B. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"At a time when parts of the world are indulging nostalgia for communism, Kadare's novel confronts the infuriating impossibility of art in an autocratic, anti-individualist system.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eA Girl in Exile\u003c\/i\u003e confirms Kadare to be the best writer at work today who remembers--almost aggressively so, refusing to forget--European totalitarianism.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/22\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640091634\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Ismail Kadare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36663889461404,"sku":"9781640091634","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4fc6f5bf-98ef-4863-beac-da4fb7fe7009.jpg?v=1603905305","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-girl-in-exile-requiem-for-linda-b-9781640091634","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}