The Traitor's Niche
LONG-LISTED FOR THE 2017 MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZEGrimly comic . . . Brilliant and laconic. -The New York Times Book Review, Editors' ChoiceAt the heart of the Ottoman Empire, in the main square of Constantinople, a niche is carved into ancient stone. Here, the sultan displays the severed heads of his adversaries. People flock to see the latest head and gossip about the state of the empire: the province of Albania is demanding independence again, and the niche awaits a new trophy . . . Tundj Hata, the imperial courier, is charged with transporting heads to the capital-a task he relishes and performs with fervor. As he travels through obs…
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Weitere Autoren: Hodgson, John (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-1-64009-202-0
- EAN: 9781640092020
- Produktnummer: 27759352
- Verlag: Counterpoint Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 208 S.
- Masse: H20.7 cm x B13.7 cm x D1.5 cm 218 g
- Gewicht: 218
Über den Autor
ISMAIL KADARE is Albania's best-known novelist and poet. Translations of his novels have appeared in more than forty countries. He was awarded the inaugural Man Booker International Prize in 2005, and the Jerusalem Prize in 2015.JOHN HODGSON studied at Cambridge and Newcastle and has taught at the universities of Prishtina and Tirana. This is the fifth novel by Ismail Kadare that he has translated.
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