An epic novel of war from the Man Booker International Prizewinning Albanian author who ';has been compared to Gogol, Kafka, and Orwell' (The Independent). Ismail Kadare'sThe Siegedramatizes a fictional fifth century assault by the Ottoman Army on a Christian fortress in the Albanian mountains. As the bloody and psychologically crushing struggle for control unfolds, Kadare's narrative opens a window onto the eternal clash between religions and empires. His masterful prose brings to life the exhilaration, despair, and immediacy of the battlefieldas well as a dramatic view of those who command and those who fight and die. Hailed by The New Yorker as ';Albania's most distinguished novelist,' Kadare is a hero to his countrymen, as well as an outspoken critic of all forms of totalitarianism.Here, with this epic novel, he proves himself ';an original voice, universal yet deeply rooted in his own soil' (The Independent).
| ISBN: | 9780802196972 |
| Publication date: | 13th July 2010 |
| Author: | Kadare, Ismail |
| Publisher: | Grove Atlantic |
| Format: | Ebook (Epub) |