Spring Flowers, Spring Frost - Ismail Kadare, David Bellos (Translator) torrent

Category: Adults, Contemporary, General Fiction, Novel
Language: English
Keywords: 20th Century 21st Century Albanian Literature Classics Contemporary Fiction Literary Fiction Literature Magical Realism Novels

Written by Ismail Kadare, David Bellos (Translator)
Read by Gregory Abbey
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

In a town at the foot of the northern Highlands, life goes on as always, but people are in a state of shock: A bank has been robbed, a sure sign of the Westernization of this backward Balkan land. Meanwhile, other strange events - such as the marriage of a girl and a snake - confirm that ancient legends still prevail. People are flocking from far and wide to search for a tunnel to the Secret State Archives, said to house records of crimes they may have committed. Some even claim the ghosts of former dictators Hoxha, Brezhnev, and Ulbricht - not to mention Oedipus - have been seen there…. Against this backdrop, a simple and sensual love story between a painter and a girl stands out as light against dark.

Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
Release date: 03-13-14