The Fall of the Stone City - Couverture souple

Kadare, Ismail

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0857860127 ISBN 13 : 9780857860125

Editeur : Canongate Books, 2013

Synopsis

Shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2013.

In September 1943, Nazi troops advance on the ancient gates of Gjirokastër, Albania. The very next day, the Germans vanish without a trace. As the townsfolk wonder if they might have dreamt the events of the previous night, rumours circulate of a childhood friendship between a local dignitary and the invading Nazi Colonel, a reunion in the town square and a fateful dinner party that would transform twentieth-century Europe.

A captivating novel of resistance in a dictatorship, and steeped in Albanian folklore, The Fall of the Stone City shows Kadare at the height of his powers.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Born in 1936, Ismail Kadare was Albania's best-known poet and novelist. Translations of his novels have appeared in more than forty countries. In 2005, he won the inaugural Man Booker International Prize for 'a body of work written by an author who has had a truly global impact'. He is the recipient of the highly prestigious 2009 Principe de Asturias de las Letras in Spain. He died in 2024, aged 88.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Canongate Books
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0857860127
• ISBN 13: 9780857860125
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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