{"product_id":"a-girl-in-exile-requiem-for-linda-b","title":"A Girl in Exile: Requiem for Linda B.","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Erotic, paranoiac and lightly fantastical.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"At a time when parts of the world are indulging nostalgia for communism, Kadare's novel confronts the infuriating impossibility of art in an autocratic, anti-individualist system.\" \u003ci\u003e--The Washington Post \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring the bureaucratic machinery of Albania's 1945-1991 dictatorship, playwright Rudian Stefa is called in for questioning by the Party Committee. A girl--Linda B.--has been found dead, with a signed copy of his latest book in her possession. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe soon learns that Linda's family, considered suspect, was exiled to a small town far from the capital. Under the influence of a paranoid regime, Rudian finds himself swept along on a surreal quest to discover what really happened to Linda B. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Ismail Kadare's readers are astonished every year when the Nobel committee overlooks him. . . . \u003ci\u003eA Girl in Exile\u003c\/i\u003e, published in Albanian in 2009, may rekindle the worldwide hopes.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Girl in Exile\u003c\/i\u003e confirms Kadare to be the best writer at work today who remembers--almost aggressively so, refusing to forget--European totalitarianism.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Counterpoint LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51947335745767,"sku":"9781640091634","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_e85bcf9b-f339-4d82-8bb7-c522ee3eec46.jpg?v=1775487220","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/a-girl-in-exile-requiem-for-linda-b","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}