Description
In 1958 Moscow, a young writer is jolted awake by the crackle of angry radio voices announcing that Boris Pasternak has won the Nobel Prize for *Doctor Zhivago*—and that the celebration will quickly curdle into political fury. As the city’s outrage spreads, the writer is forced to confront how a single book can become a battleground, turning private reading into public risk and literature into a test of conscience. Blending personal memory with sharp historical insight, this novel explores youthful disenchantment, the machinery of censorship, and the fragile power of words to outlast fear. With Kadare’s distinctive, lucid style and his talent for transforming political events into intimate moral drama, *Twilight of the Eastern Gods* captures a moment when art, ideology, and survival collide.
Available Editions
paperback
Canongate Books Ltd
Published Jan 1, 2015
208 pages
ISBN: 9780857866196
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Details
First Published
2015
Language
eng
Translation
From: alb
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Twilight of the Eastern Gods by Ismail Kadare.