Ismail Kadare: A bright light in Albania's darkest days
His sophisticated storytelling -- often likened to that of George Orwell or Franz Kafka -- used metaphor and irony to reveal the nature of tyranny under Hoxha, who ruled Albania from 1946 until his death in 1985. "Dark times bring unpleasant but beautiful surprises," Kadare told AFP. "Literature has often produced magnificent works in the dark ages as if it were seeking to remedy the misfortune inflicted on people," he said. He was often tipped to win a Nobel prize for his towering body of work... Читать дальше...