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Spring Flowers, Spring Frost
Spring Flowers, Spring Frost: A Novel | Ismail Kadare
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In a small town at the foot of the northern highlands in Albania, a decade after the fall of the Communist regime, the harsh blood-for-blood law of the fearsome Kanun mountain folk is emerging from hibernation, like everything else that was forbidden under the fifty years of Communist rule. Mysterious happenings that are two thousand years old, two centuries old, or even just two years old reemerge in daily life. The marriage of a girl and a snake is not just a legend but a news itema cyclical event that is as much part of the modern world as of the ancient one. Set against this Kafkaesque backdrop, a simple and sensual love story between a painter and a young woman stands out as light against dark. With its rich and somber story of local traditions and universal themes, Spring Flowers, Spring Frost is a masterpiece belonging to Kadares purest classical vein.
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Sresendez12
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Here‘s hoping these bright colors bring spring! #bookspin #doublespin #bookspinbingo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
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TheEllieMo
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This #Boxhall1001 title has been on my reading list for ages, I must get around to reading it soon!

#Spring #MarchMadness @Eggs

Eggs Lovely 🤗👏🏻🤗 5y
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kaleidoscope.reader
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💐 Spring is coming.

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TheEllieMo
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The tagged book is on my reading list for this year, and the picture is just to brighten up an otherwise wet and blustery day here in the UK.

#Flower #ReallyRandomFebruary
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

OriginalCyn620 Pretty! 🌸🌼 5y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful 🌸💕 5y
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TheEllieMo
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On Boxall‘s list of 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, Spring #Flowers, Spring Frost has been on my TBR for some time....

#SelfImprovementSept
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
@OriginalCyn620

OriginalCyn620 👌🏻📚🌸 5y
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KellyHunsakerReads
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#Albania has a fascinating history and this book whet my appetite for more. #Reading1001 #1001books #backpackEurope

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CocoReads
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Spring! I‘m not normally one for planting because I have a black thumb but last spring I carelessly threw a hyacinth bulb out and look what came up! Of course, we‘ll be back to 30s and snow by Monday but this does my heart good.

CouronneDhiver Pretty! 💜💜💜 7y
britt_brooke 😍 7y
DGRachel I‘ve found that sometimes the most neglectful gardening produces the best results. Those are beautiful! 7y
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Tanisha_A What a rich colour! 7y
AceOnRoam Amazing and it looks so healthy LOL. 7y
Cinfhen Pretty 💜💜💜 7y
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arubabookwoman
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Spring is finally arriving in the PNW and my garden is going wild.
I‘ve never read this one by Kadare. Anyone?

BarbaraBB I only read the tagged by him but one day I need to read this one because it is on the list of #1001books! 7y
charl08 Wow. Beautiful rose. I've not read Kadare at all. 7y
arubabookwoman #char08 Thanks. It‘s a camellia. Beautiful, but doesn‘t do well as a cut flower. It‘s petals fall off almost immediately. 7y
arubabookwoman #BarbaraBB I‘ve read #BrokenApril too, and have been wanting to read more by #Kadare every since. 7y
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That-Bookish-Hiker
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Happy first day of spring! Don‘t let the cherry blossoms and sunshine fool you, it‘s still cold here.

TheWordJar But so gorgeous to look at! 😍 I‘m still surrounded by death and can‘t wait for the first signs of spring! 7y
Rachbb3 Lovely 7y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
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Look what finally peaked out in front of my mailbox!

The crocuses finally emerged! Yay!
... Might as well share them, because by morning they‘ll be buried in snow and gone! Boo!

Better luck next year crocuses!

slhbooks Mine will be eaten by the bunnies the day before they bloom🐇🌷🐇 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @slhbooks Bunnies are still hibernating here I think, I haven‘t seen any yet...and they‘re smart if they are since we‘re getting snow tonight 7y
SilversReviews Yippie....I had yellow ones come out in the back yard. Never got a chance to take a photo...the deer must have eaten them by the time I got there the next day. :( (edited) 7y
Suet624 I can‘t wait to see a flower. 😎 7y
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