1958. In a dorm room in Moscow, a young writer is woken by the sound of
angry voices on the radio. Through the fog of a hangover he hears the
news that a novel called Doctor Zhivago has earned its author the
Nobel Prize. There is uproar. The author, Boris Pasternak, faces exile,
the press hound him and demand that he refuse the award. A few days
earlier the young writer found a copy of this book - could those simple
pages really be so dangerous?
Based on Ismail Kadare's own experience, Twilight of the Eastern Gods
is a portrait of a city, a story of youthful disenchantment and a
reminder of the incredible importance of the written word.