The Fall of the Stone City
It is 1943, and the Second World War is ravaging Europe. Mussolini decides to pull out of his alliance with the Nazis, and withdraws the Italian troops occupying Albania. Soon after, Nazi forces invade Albania from occupied Greece. The first settlement in their path is the ancient stone city of Gjirokastër, an Albanian stronghold since the fourteenth century. The townsfolk have no choice but to surrender to the Nazis, but are confused when they see that one of the town's residents, a certain Dr. Gurameto, seems to be showing the invading Nazi Colonel great hospitality. That evening, strains of Schubert from the doctor's gramophone waft out in…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8021-2068-7
- EAN: 9780802120687
- Produktnummer: 13363002
- Verlag: Canongate Uk
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 171 S.
- Masse: H21.7 cm x B14.6 cm x D2.0 cm 308 g
- Gewicht: 308
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Ismail Kadare was born in Albania in 1936. His first novel, The General of the Dead Army established him as a major international voice in literature. His work has since been translated into forty languages, and in 2005 he became the first winner of the Man Booker International Prize.
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