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Name: Chronicle in Stone
Author: Ismail Kadare

Chronicle in Stone is an autobiographical novel by Albanian author Ismail Kadare, first published in Tirana in 1970. The book traces the author's early years under Italian and German occupation, detailing his experiences of the wartime resistance, everyday life in occupied Albania, and his formative reading habits. It also explores the development of his imagination and how these early encounters shaped his later literary work. The current edition reflects a careful revision by translator Ramón Sánchez Lizarralde, aligning with Kadare’s definitive version published after he received political asylum in France in 1990.

First publish date: 1973

Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction

Authors: Ismail Kadare

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