Agamemnon’s Daughter, Ismail Kadare

Title: Agamemnon’s Daughter

Original: Vajza e Agamenonit

Category: Novel

Author: Ismail Kadare

Translated by: Tedi Papavrami

Publisher: Canongate

Year: 2007

Pgs: 226

Weight: 0.172 kg

ISBN: 978-1-84195-978-8

This book is in English

About the book

Agamemnon's Daughter is a searing story of love denied, then shattered, under the chilling wheels of the state. It follows one day in the life of a young, unnamed journalist about to attend a celebratory May Day parade. His lover, Suzana, whose father's political star is on the rise, has just left the journalist in a sort of political sacrifice. Kadare draws us into a land deprived of choice, a country under a reign of terror. Through the impeccably crafted, incisive tale, we are given a true sense of how hard it can be to remain human in a world ruled by fear and suspicion.

In his compelling prequel to The Successor, Kadare draws us into a land deprived of choice, a country under a reign of terror. The spellbinding Agamemnon's Daughter was written in Albania in the 1980s and smuggled into France a few pages at a time. It reveals a world where fear is an instrument of power, but the individual survives despite the odds.From the winner of the first Man Booker International Prize comes a searing story of love denied, then shattered under the chilling wheels of the state. Through the impeccably crafted, incisive tale of a thwarted lover's odyssey through a single day, we are given a true sense of how hard it can be to remain human in a world ruled by fear and suspicion.

Sacrificed to further a father's blood-soaked career; sacrificed for the common good; sacrificed, then forgotten.In his compelling prequel to The Successor, Kadare draws us into a land deprived of choice, a country under a reign of terror. Published here in English for the first time, the spellbinding Agamemnon's Daughter, written in Albania in the 1980s and smuggled into France a few pages at a time, reveals a world where fear is an instrument of power, but the individual survives despite the odds.From the winner of the first Man Booker International Prize comes a searing story of love denied, then shattered under the chilling wheels of the state. Through the impeccably crafted, incisive tale of a thwarted lover's odyssey through a single day, we are given a true sense of how hard it can be to remain human in a world ruled by fear and suspicion.