Twilight of the Eastern Gods

by Ismail Kadare

Book Overview

In 1958, Kadare was selected to pursue his writing and literary studies as a graduate student in Moscow at the prestigious Gorky Institute for World Literature. Twilight of the Eastern Gods is Kadare's fictionalized recreation of his time spent at this factory of the intellect, a place created to produce a new generation of poets, novelists, and playwrights, all adhering to the state-sanctioned "socialist realist" aesthetic.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802123112
• ISBN13: 9780802123114
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Grove Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.3"