 First edition (publ. Onufri) Cover art: detail from Venus and the Three Graces Presenting Gifts to a Young Woman by Botticelli, 1480s | |
| Author | Ismail Kadare |
|---|---|
| Original title | E penguara: Rekuiem për Linda B. |
| Translator | John Hodgson |
| Cover artist | Botticelli |
| Language | Albanian |
Publication date | 2009 |
| Publication place | Albania |
Published in English | 2016 |
| Pages | 192 |
A Girl in Exile: Requiem for Linda B. (Albanian: E penguara: Rekuiem për Linda B., lit. 'Hindered: Requiem for Linda B.') is a novel by Albanian author Ismail Kadare.[1][2][3] It has been described as "one of Kadare's best novels".[4]
Originally published in Albanian in 2009, the English translation by John Hodgson came out in 2016.
- ^ Caroline Moore, A Girl in Exile: Ismail Kadare’s novel is full of absence, The Spectator, 26 March 2016.
- ^ A Girl in Exile, by Ismail Kadare, Financial Times, 2016.
- ^ Adam Kirsch, The haunted Albania of Ismail Kadare’s A Girl in Exile, New Statesman, 8 April 2016
- ^ Alberto Manguel, "The evil of the gods" (review of 'A Girl in Exile'), Times Literary Supplement, 20 May 2016, p. 22.