The Successor

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Ismail Kadare. The Successor

CONTENTS

A DEATH IN DECEMBER. 1

2

3

4

5

6

THE AUTOPSY. 1

2

3

4

5

FOND MEMORIES. 1

2

3

THE FALL. 1

2

3

4

5

6

THE GUIDE. 1

2

3

4

THE ARCHITECT

THE SUCCESSOR

About the Author. THE SUCCESSOR

Also by Ismail Kadare

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The events of this novel draw on the infinite well of human memory, whose treasures may be brought to the surface in any period, including our own. In view of this, any resemblance between the characters and circumstances of this tale and real people and events is inevitable.

Ismail Kadare

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As tension declined, so interest in the sentimental details of the end of the affair grew. Though whispered, stories were passed on by word of mouth almost everywhere. No more phone calls between the two youngsters. The young man and his father, Besim Dakli, standing at the Successor’s front door, wrapped in heavy winter coats, waiting to find out what would happen. The girl in despair, who had shut herself in her room and stopped eating. The poor boy drowning his sorrow by strumming his guitar, for which he’d written a new song that began:

And so that is how

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