Poetry, mesmerising poetry
"Samarkand", and "The Gardens of Light" of the Lebanese born writer Amin Maalouf REALLY ignited my interest to the writings of Arab authors and authors from the Near East especially Turkey. Ismail Kadare of Albania has always eluded my attention. I finished reading "Palace of Dreams" and "Broken April". Now that I've finished reading "Three Elegies for Kosovo" I can't resist the temptation of letting others know about the book. The Book reads like poetry, like a ghazal from beginning to end, simply mesmerising. Each chapter is self contained in the sense they speak for themselves on their own, and at the same time fall into pieces like a tapestry when read together. What do you call this type of writing, fiction, non-fiction, historical? I think the critiques may have to coin a new phrase. It's really a pity not too many people speak Albanian, and even more pity that a rare gem like Ismail Kadare is not so well known in spite of being the First Recipient of the Man Booker Prize in 2005. I'm not giving you the story away. Just two comments-- this book deserves more than five stars; and I'll pay money to buy this book again, if not for myself then as a gift to introduce and inspire someone else, anyday Each of the 87 pages is worth is weight in gold!
Asrar Chowdhury
Bangladesh
Published 17th October 2007
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