Kadaré’s old house
Now a burned-out ruin.
Just a postscript in stone.
Ismail Kadaré's family home (right), Gjirokastër, Albania.
From Corfu Blues, the book
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- Now spend most of my time in the UK (West Country) and in Greece (Corfu and Zagori). Before that Stockholm, Sydney, London, Prague, Thessaloniki, Nairobi, Addis Ababa. Author of "Corfu Blues", "The Ionian Islands and Epirus, A Cultural History" (2010), co-editor of "Swedish Reflections, from Beowulf to Bergman"; and "Dorset Voices" (forthcoming, Spring 2012). Chapter in "Greece and Britain Since 1945" (2010). Website: www.interpotts.com The author of Corfu Blues is not responsible for the content of external sites.
But his books are safe
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. There were plans to restore the house, perhaps as a museum. Not sure if anything has been done. It's marvelous to visit his hometown when reading a novel like "Chronicle in Stone".
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