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General of the Dead Army
Ismail Kadare
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Description for General of the Dead Army
Paperback. Twenty years after the end of the Second World War, an Italian general is despatched to Albania to recover his country's dead. Once there he meets a German general who is engaged upon an identical mission, and their conversations brings out into the open the extent of their horror and guilt, newly exacerbated by their present task. Translator(s): Coltman, Derek. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 196.
Twenty years after the end of the Second World War, an Italian general is despatched to Albania to recover his country's dead.
Once there he meets a German general who is engaged upon an identical mission, and their conversations brings out into the open the extent of their horror and guilt, newly exacerbated by their present task. As they descend from the callous trivialities of their gruesome business, past and present, to suffering self-disgust, the author gives us glimpses of the lives of the people whose graves they are unearthing.
‘He has been compared to Gogol, Kafka and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099518266
SKU
V9780099518266
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Ref
99-98
About Ismail Kadare
Ismail Kadare (1936–2024) 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, the Jerusalem Prize in 2015, the Park Kyong-ni Prize in 2019 and the Neustadt Prize in 2020.
Reviews for General of the Dead Army
He has been compared to Gogol, Kafka and Orwell. But Kadare's is an original voice, universal yet deeply rooted in his own soil
Independent on Sunday
A novelist of dazzling mastery
Paul Binding
Independent
Astonishing...his finest work
Azar Nafisi, Man Booker judge and author of 'Reading Lolita in Tehran'
Guardian
With its ... Read more
Independent on Sunday
A novelist of dazzling mastery
Paul Binding
Independent
Astonishing...his finest work
Azar Nafisi, Man Booker judge and author of 'Reading Lolita in Tehran'
Guardian
With its ... Read more