"First published in Albanian under the title Dosja H. (1981); translated from the revised version of the French text in Ismail Kadare, Oeuvres, tome IV, Fayard, 1996"--T.p. verso.

"This translation made from the definitive edition of the text published as Les Tambours de la pluie in Ismail Kadre, Oeuvres complètes, t. II. Paris: Fayard, 1994, translated from the Albanian by Jusuf Vrioni"--T.p. verso.