Ebook {Epub PDF} The File on H by Ismail Kadare

The File on H is loosely based on the expeditions of Millman Parry and Albert Lord to collect epic songs in the Balkans (presented in several books, including Lord’s ground-breaking classic The Singer of Tales, which Tripod has in several editions); aside from the Albanian locals it presents two Irish graduate students from the United States. Though extremely well-informed about history and politics, Kadare is .  · The File on H. A Novel Ismail Kadare, David Bellos. Pages; May 9, ; ISBN: ; Trim Size: in x in x in. Part political parable, part comic roundelay, this engaging novel shows a comparatively lighter side of the great Albanian author whose previous English-translated works include The Three-Arched Bridge () and The Pyramid (). Kadare's latest tale describes the misadventures of Max Ross and Bill Norton, Irish-American scholars traveling in the Albanian hill country seeking evidence.

Editions for The File on H.: (Paperback published in ), (Paperback published in ), (Kindle Edition published in ), (Pap. This item: The File on H.: A Novel by Ismail Kadare Paperback $ In Stock. Ships from and sold by www.doorway.ru FREE Shipping on orders over $ Details. The General of the Dead Army: A Novel by Ismail Kadare Paperback $ In Stock. Ships from and sold by www.doorway.ru When you visit Albania - which I highly recommend - you should not only get a guidebook, but read a few books by Ismail Kadare during your www.doorway.ru the ones I have read so far, I enjoyed The File on H the most. As in all of his novels, Ismail Kadare takes historical facts and fictionalizes them, in the course teaching you something about Albanian history and culture, but without the book.

The File on H. Early Albanian edition AuthorIsmail Kadare Original titleDosja H CountryAlbania LanguageAlbanian GenreNovel Publication date Media typePrint Pages ISBN OCLC Dewey Decimal / 21 LC ClassPGK3 D The File on H. is a novel by the Albanian author Ismail Kadare. It first appeared in Albanian in under the title Dosja H. Ismail Kadare's The File on H. is a clever, witty, and fast-paced book. It is about the story of two Irish-Americans who travel to Albania to find the source of Homer (and therefore, the H. in the title). This article analyses the relationship between epic, irony, and comedy in Ismail Kadare's novel Dosja H. (The File on H.), loosely based on the real-life attempts to discover the origins of Homeric epic. Using the theories of Lukács and Bakhtin, the article argues that Kadare's novel is not merely a droll satire of intrigue and small-town mores in s Albania, but, far more, an enquiry into the function of literature in the age of philology and a dramatization of the birth of the.