A dictator calls : the mystery of the Stalin-Pasternak telephone call
Kadare, Ismail2024
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'A Dictator Calls' is inspired by three minutes in June 1934 when Joseph Stalin allegedly telephoned Boris Pasternak. A gripping meditation on Soviet Russia, authoritarianism and literature, featuring a host of fascinating writers and historical figures.
Main title:
A dictator calls : the mystery of the Stalin-Pasternak telephone call / Ismail Kadare ; translated from the Albanian by John Hodgson.
Author:
Kadare, Ismail, authorHodgson, John (Translator), translator
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2024.
Collation:
217 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
This translation originally published: London: Harvill Secker, 2023.
Awards:
English Pen Award
ISBN:
9781529920574 (pbk)
Dewey class:
891.9913FICTION
Language:
EnglishAlbanian
Subject:
BRN:
3816572