But immediately upon their arrival, the scholars' seemingly arcane research excites suspicion and puts them at the center of ethnic strife in the Balkans. Mistaken for foreign spies, they are placed under surveillance and are dogged by gossip and intrigue. It isn't until a fierce-eyed monk from the Serbian side of the mountains makes his appearance that the scholars glimpse the full political import of their search for the key to the Homeric question.
Rebecca Makkai is a novelist and short-story writer.
Okay, this one took me a stupidly long time, but I've finished book 5 of #AroundTheWorldIn84Books, THE FILE ON H. by Ismail Kadare (Albanian) and wow, it's weird and different and darkly hilarious 🧵. https://t.co/7s4f0xfo4Q
Hoosier, Wahoo, book collector, writer, analyst, PhD, etc - Fiction (esp. mysteries, spy thrillers, and classics), history, etc - Still #amwriting #amediting
“Dictatorship and authentic literature are incompatible... The writer is the natural enemy of dictatorship. - Ismail Kadare, Albanian writer, born #OTD in 1936 His novel, The File on H, is an entertaining read with sly social critique. (My copy has gone AWOL) #TuesdayThoughts https://t.co/e9zJwSCDXP