In three short narratives, Kadare evokes a defining moment in European history
Ismail Kadare, born in 1936 in the mountain town of Gjirokaster, near the Greek border, is Albania's best-known poet and novelist. Since the appearance of The General of the Dead Army in 1965, Kadare has published scores of stories and novels that make up a panorama of Albanian history linked by a constant meditation on the nature and human consequences of dictatorship. His works brought him into frequent conflict with the authorities from 1945 to 1985. In 1990 he sought political asylum in France, and now divides his time between Paris and Tirana. He is the winner of the first ever Man Booker International Prize.
The main goal of these three fables ... is to transmit a message
about freedom, in the sense that to write truthfully is to set
something free. In this book Kadare has set Kosovo, the battle, the
myth, free from the chains of untruth
*London Review of Books*
The bridge is a foreboding, an omen, a threat. It is a bridge over
which Asia will invade Europe and the future will invade the past.
Kadare, an Albanian, has used the materials at hand to become one
of Europe's great writers
*Los Angeles Times*
An utterly captivating yarn: strange, vivid, ominous, macabre and
wise
*New York Times*
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