The Ghost Rider
Ismail KadareThe Ghost Rider: An old woman is awoken in the dead of night by knocks at her front door. The woman opens it to find her daughter, Doruntine, standing there alone in the darkness. She has been brought home from a distant land by a mysterious rider she claims is her brother Konstandin. But unbeknownst to her, Konstanding has been dead for years. What follows is a chain of events that plunges a medieval village into fear and mistrust. Who is the ghost rider?
'Ismail Kadare is one of Europe's most consistently interesting and powerful contemporary novelists.' -Los Angeles Times
'Kadare's writing is a striking reminder that great literature does not depend on circumstances, but overcomes them.’ -Independent
His fiction offers invaluable insights into life under tyranny - his historical allegories point both to the grand themes and small details that make up life in a restrictive environment. He is a great writer, by any nation's standards.-Ben Naparstek "Financial Times "
One of the most important voices in literature today.-Alan Chadwick "Metro "