Kadare's family home (right), Gjirokastër (Argyrokastro, Αργυρόκαστρο)
after the fire, before restoration
The opening chapters are extraordinary
I love the description of the town built of stone, of the cistern beneath the house.
"The top of one house might graze the foundation of another, and it was surely the only place in the world where if you slipped and fell in the street, you might well land on the roof of a house- a peculiarity known most intimately to drunks."
I know other places exactly like that, in the Zagori (Greece).
A short biography of the author
The novel (Wikipedia)
More (Gjirokastër, pictures, Wikipedia)
Map of house location
Rruga Fato Berberi 16
Gjirokaster
Albania
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