Spiritus (novel)

Spiritus
AuthorIsmail Kadare
Original titleSpiritus
LanguageAlbanian
PublisherOnufri
Publication date
1996
Publication placeAlbania
Published in English
none
Pages328

Spiritus is a 1996 novel by the Albanian writer Ismail Kadare.[1][2] It marks a narrative and compositional turning point in his literary career. The influence of this novel will be felt in all of Kadare's subsequent novels.[3] It is a novel about the anxiety of wiretapping.[4]

  1. ^ Morgan, Peter (2011). Kadare: Shkrimtari dhe diktatura 1957-1990 (in Albanian) (1 ed.). Tiranë: Shtëpia Botuese "55". p. 295. ISBN 978-9928-106-12-4.
  2. ^ Robert Elsie (2005). Albanian Literature: A Short History. London: I.B.Taurus. pp. 179–180. ISBN 1-84511-031-5.
  3. ^ Jose Carlos Rodrigo Breto (2018). Ismail Kadare: La grand estratagema (in Spanish). Barcelona: Ediciones del Subsuelo. pp. 199–204. ISBN 978-84-947802-0-2.
  4. ^ Apolloni 2012, p. 25