A Son of the Rock

I saw in Tuesday’s Guardian that acclaimed Albanian writer Ismail Kadare has died.

This seems to be a sad loss to the world of literature though I must confess that I have not read any of his books. (That is a situation I may be able to remedy as having checked Fife Libraries catalogue several of his books are available for lending out. Another factor preventing inroads into my tbr pile at home.)

The circumstances of a writer having to negotiate the exigencies of publishing under the regime of Enver Hoxha in his native country cannot have been easy to navigate.

Ismail Kadare: 28/1/1936 – 1/7/2024. So it goes.