{"product_id":"a-girl-in-exile-requiem-for-linda-b-isbn-9781640091634","title":"A Girl in Exile: Requiem for Linda B.","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors’ Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Erotic, paranoiac and lightly fantastical.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\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\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299926233317,"sku":"NP9781640091634","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781640091634.jpg?v=1767720492","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-girl-in-exile-requiem-for-linda-b-isbn-9781640091634","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}