TIRANA, May 13/ATA/ The “Chronicle in stone” by the great writer Ismail Kadare has been published in the last few days in Polish, translated by Marek Jeziorski.
The book was published by the SEDNO publishing house, while the publication was also accompanied by an introduction.
“The novel “Chronicle in stone” by Ismail Kadare, one of the most prominent contemporary Albanian writers, is the stone city of Gjirokastra, where the writer spent his youth,” is read in the book’s introduction.
Further on, the introduction reads that “”Chronicle in stone” is an example of how outstanding literature can overcome the restrictions of the censorship of the communist state, without losing its artistic value and without running away from the difficult topics that concern ordinary people during their lives”.
The novel was translated directly from Albanian (some of Kadare’s books have been published in Polish with translation from French), which made the task of the translator even more demanding because the author shows exceptional word-forming skills and a wealth of the native language.
Thanks to the initiative of the translator Marek Jeziorski, an excellent connoisseur of the Albanian culture and language, this poetic novel, setting in motion the unlimited imagination of the reader, in the presentation of incomprehensible and mysterious issues, will be read from now on by many Polish lovers of the works of the Albanian author.
Until now, Kadare’s works have been translated into about 45 languages of the world. Kadare has been decorated by the President of the Republic of Albania with the “Honour of the Nation” Order, as well as by the French state with the “Cross of the Legion of Honor” and “Officer of the Legion of Honor” orders. /k.s/p.s./
