Chronicle in Stone: A NovelA coming-of-age tale by the inaugural Man Booker International Prize winner follows a young man's efforts to juggle the challenges of growing up in Albania during the terrors of World War II, a period marked by devastating cruelty, betrayals, and simple pleasures. |
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 3 |
Section 3 | 11 |
Section 4 | 29 |
Section 5 | 31 |
Section 6 | 43 |
Section 7 | 45 |
Section 8 | 47 |
Section 21 | 141 |
Section 22 | 143 |
Section 23 | 161 |
Section 24 | 163 |
Section 25 | 175 |
Section 26 | 177 |
Section 27 | 197 |
Section 28 | 199 |
Section 9 | 59 |
Section 10 | 61 |
Section 11 | 75 |
Section 12 | 77 |
Section 13 | 79 |
Section 14 | 81 |
Section 15 | 97 |
Section 16 | 101 |
Section 17 | 123 |
Section 18 | 125 |
Section 19 | 137 |
Section 20 | 139 |
Section 29 | 211 |
Section 30 | 213 |
Section 31 | 225 |
Section 32 | 227 |
Section 33 | 237 |
Section 34 | 251 |
Section 35 | 253 |
Section 36 | 255 |
Section 37 | 271 |
Section 38 | 289 |
Section 39 | |
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