Items related to The File on H.
Synopsis
Mistaken for spies, two young American scholars in Albania in the 1930 find themselves under three pairs of watchful eyes belonging to a deluded informer, the sexually frustrated wife of the local governor, and an envious Serbian monk. Reprint.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Review
As satiric and absurd as something by early Evelyn Waugh or Lawrence Durrell. The farce is sustained with touches of comic nightmare.
Kadare combines metaphysical inquiry with social realism . . . [and] a comic touch, though one dark and penetrating in the manner of Samuel Beckett's fiction.
From the Publisher
A haunting yet humorous evocation of a society dangerously trapped in its past.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Search results for The File on H.
Stock Image
The File On H.: A Novel
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G1559706279I3N00
Stock Image
The File On H.: A Novel
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G1559706279I4N00
Stock Image
The File on H.
Seller: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. In the mid-1930s, two Irish Americans travel to the Albanian highlands with an early model of a marvelous invention, the tape recorder. Their mission? To discover how Homer could have composed works as brilliant and as long as The Iliad and The Odyssey without ever putting pen to paper. The answer, they believe, can be found only in Albania, the last remaining habitat of the oral epic. 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. Seller Inventory # CIN1559706279VG
Stock Image
The File on H.
Seller: World of Books Inc, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. In the mid-1930s, two Irish Americans travel to the Albanian highlands with an early model of a marvelous invention, the tape recorder. Their mission? To discover how Homer could have composed works as brilliant and as long as The Iliad and The Odyssey without ever putting pen to paper. The answer, they believe, can be found only in Albania, the last remaining habitat of the oral epic. 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. Seller Inventory # CIN1559706279VG
Stock Image
The File on H : A Novel
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. Reprint. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 45902270-20
Stock Image
The File on H.
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR005100320
Buy Used
£ 21.56
£ 5.60 shipping
Ships from United Kingdom to U.S.A.
Ships from United Kingdom to U.S.A.
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
The File on H.
Published by
Arcade Publishing, New York, 1998
ISBN 10: 1559706279
ISBN 13: 9781559706278
New
Trade Paperback
Seller: June Samaras, STREETSVILLE, ON, Canada
Seller rating 2 out of 5 stars
Trade Paperback. Condition: New. Trans. Jusuf Vrioni & David Bellosan (illustrator). Misunderstandings arose when two scholars went to Albania to record oral poetry in their search for the origins of Homeric epic. "Part spy novel, part comedy of errors, "The File on H."is a work of inventive genius and piercing irony that may be Ismail Kadare's funniest to date". Book. Seller Inventory # 041193
Stock Image
The File on H.
Seller: Mooney's bookstore, Den Helder, Netherlands
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Condition: Very Good. Seller Inventory # 99722FF1E854660
Buy Used
£ 21.98
£ 12.49 shipping
Ships from Netherlands to U.S.A.
Ships from Netherlands to U.S.A.
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
The File On H.: A Novel
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Seller Inventory # Q-1559706279