 Early Albanian edition | |
| Author | Ismail Kadare |
|---|---|
| Original title | Dosja H |
| Language | Albanian |
| Genre | Novel |
Publication date | 1981 |
| Publication place | Albania |
| Media type | Print (hardback and paperback) |
| Pages | 208 |
| ISBN | 978-1-55970-401-4 (English translation) |
| OCLC | 37322387 |
| 891/.9913 21 | |
| LC Class | PG9621.K3 D66713 1998 |
The File on H. is a novel by the Albanian author Ismail Kadare. It was first published in Albanian in 1981 under the title Dosja H. Jusuf Vrioni translated the work to French in 1989 (revised in 1996) as Le Dossier H. David Bellos translated the French version into English in 1996. Both Kadare and Bellos have received praise in the English speaking world for the edition.
The premise of the novel is loosely based on the research on the Homeric question done by Milman Parry and Albert Lord in the 1930s, where they helped to develop the theory of Oral-Formulaic Composition.[1]
- ^ Weitzman, Erica (2016). "Ismail Kadare's The File on H. and the Comedy of Epic". The Modern Language Review. 111 (3): 818–839. doi:10.5699/modelangrevi.111.3.0818. ISSN 0026-7937.