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1	General of the Dead Army more books like this by Ismail Kadare add to wishlist Twenty years after World War II ends, an Italian general must go through Albania and find the bones of those Italian soldiers who were killed during the war. He and his chaplain disinter grave after grave, checking dental records and dogtags, until the dead army is fully assembled. During the course of his travels, the Italian general meets a ... see all copies from $2.45! new only from $9.70! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Broken April more books like this by Ismail Kadare add to wishlist Gjorg is a young mountaineer who (much against his will) has just killed a man in order to avenge the death of his older brother, and who expects to be killed himself in accordance with the Code that regulates life in the Albanian highlands. A young couple on their honeymoon has come to this place to study its age-old customs-including the blood ... see all copies from $6.99! new only from $9.07! \| SVS
3	The Palace of Dreams more books like this by Ismail Kadare add to wishlist Kadare calls this novel "the most courageous book I have written." Banned in his native Albania, it involves a secret police that spies not only on its citizens' lives but on their dreams. see all copies from $5.17! new only from $9.39! \| first editions
4	The Siege more books like this by Ismail Kadare add to wishlist The Ottoman Army - the most powerful the world had known by that time - lays siege to a Christian fortress in the mountains of Albania. Above the colourful host looms the great dark wall of the citadel that has to be overcome.Told partly through the personal narrative of one of the defenders, partly through the eyes of the Ottoman chronicler Mevla ... see all copies from $9.80! new only from $9.80! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Pyramid more books like this by Ismail Kadare, David Bellos (Translator) add to wishlist In ancient Egypt, the Pharaoh Cheops is building his tomb. Thousands upon thousands of his subjects toil to build this monument to his reign and life, the largest pyramid yet. As the edifice rises, Egypt's resources dwindle, the people suffer under torture, false accusations, and death by overwork. To Cheops, the worship of his people is paramount ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.86! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Successor more books like this by Ismail Kadare add to wishlist A new novel from the acclaimed winner of the inaugural Man Booker International Prize for achievement in fiction. The Successor is a powerful political novel based on the sudden, mysterious death of the man who had been handpicked to succeed the hated Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha. The man who died was Mehmet Shehu, the presumed heir to the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Three-Arched Bridge more books like this by Ismail Kadare, John Hodgson, MA (Translator) add to wishlist This novel, by Albanian Nobel nominee Ismail Kadare, was originally written in 1976. It tells the story of a small Balkan village in the 14th century whose inhabitants oppose a project to build a stone bridge across the river--a scheme inspired by the prophecies of a lunatic. However, after a series of mishaps, the bridge is built--and turns out ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.86! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Chronicle in Stone more books like this by Ismail Kadare add to wishlist This novel evokes a wartime childhood by means of fantastic metaphors. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $9.82! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Concert more books like this by Ismail Kadare add to wishlist A glimpse into the melting pot of reputations and rumours in the twilight years of communism in Albania, as the morning's orthodoxies become heresies by dinner-time, and everyone must step nimbly to keep out of jail. The fragile nature of political realities in present-day China too, is summed up. see all copies from $3.90! new only from $7.92! \| first editions
10	The File on H. more books like this by Ismail Kadare, David Bellos (Translator) add to wishlist Two young American scholars travel to Albania in the 1930s with a tape recorder, seeking the truth about Homer's composition of THE ILIAD and THE ODYSSEY. In their search for an oral epic, they are mistaken for foreign spies, followed, reported on, and ultimately become the victims of a violent nationalist plot. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.86! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Elegy for Kosovo: Stories more books like this by Ismail Kadare add to wishlist Kadare writes about the famous 1389 battle between the Ottoman Turks and the Balkan troops at Kosovo. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.49! \| SVS
12 view cover	Agamemnon's Daughter by Ismail Kadare add to wishlist In this spellbinding novel, written in Albania and smuggled into France a few pages at a time in the 1980s, Kadare denounces with rare force the machinery of the dictatorial regime, drawing us back to the ancient roots of Western civilization and tyranny. The partner to The Successor, Agamemnon's Daughter is an impeccably crafted, psychologically ... see all copies from $9.39! new only from $9.39! \| first editions
13	La Pyramide more books like this by Ismail Kadare add to wishlist The time is 2600 B.C. The pharaoh Cheops hesitates to order the construction of a pyramid in his honor. But his court sages tell him that such a monument is essential--the pillar that holds power in place. Ismail Kadare's novel of ancient Egypt is a work that is at once historical fiction and a timeless exploration of the horror of untrammeled ... see all copies from $6.99! new only from $6.99!
14	The general of the dead army: a novel more books like this by Ismail Kadare add to wishlist Twenty years after World War II ends, an Italian general must go through Albania and find the bones of those Italian soldiers who were killed during the war. He and his chaplain disinter grave after grave, checking dental records and dogtags, until the dead army is fully assembled. During the course of his travels, the Italian general meets a ... see all copies from $21.54! first editions
15 view cover	The Castle more books like this by Ismail Kadare add to wishlist An English translation of the second work by this well respected author. A story of Albania's struggle against the Ottoman Turks, involving the siege of a medieval Albanian fortress by the Turks in the 15th century, and the defeat of the Turks by Skenderbeg. Born and raised in southern Albania, Kadare grew up during the years of World War II, ... see all copies from $47.25!
16 view cover	Spring Flowers, Spring Frost more books like this by Ismail Kadare, David Bellos (Translator) add to wishlist In an unnamed Balkan nation, strange things begin to happen, ancient legends come to life, and the ghosts of former tyrants are said to roam the countryside. In this eerie and uncertain world, a man and a woman find refuge in a passionate love affair. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.86! \| SVS
17	Le Dossier H by Ismail Kadare add to wishlist see all copies from $38.01! new only from $38.01!
18	Ringelnatz. Das Gesamtwerk in Sieben Bänden by Joachim Ringelnatz add to wishlist see all copies from $238.63! new only from $238.63!
19 view cover	Agamemnon's Daughter: A Novella and Stories more books like this by Ismail Kadare add to wishlist In this spellbinding novel, written in Albania and smuggled into France a few pages at a time in the 1980s, Kadare denounces with rare force the machinery of the dictatorial regime, drawing us back to the ancient roots of Western civilization and tyranny. The partner to The Successor, Agamemnon's Daughter is an impeccably crafted, psychologically ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.97! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Successor: a Novel by Ismail Kadare add to wishlist A new novel from the master storyteller and winner of the inaugural Man International Booker Prize 2005 Guaranteed massive review and media coverage. Set in Albania at an unnamed time, "The Successor" charts the repercussions of the death of the regime leader's designated successor; did he kill himself, or was he murdered? Speculation is slow to ... see all copies from $21.99!
21	Der Zerrissene April by Ismail; Röhm Kadare, Joachim add to wishlist see all copies from $37.20!
22 view cover	El Palacio de Los Suenos by Ismail Kadare add to wishlist El palacio de los suenos es uno de los logros narrativos de Kadare mas perfectos e inquietantes, seguramente su mejor alegoria del poder totalitario y la novela que le coloco en posicion de mayor riesgo al ser publicada en 1981. Los paralelismos entre la capital del imperio en que se desarrolla la novela, un estado despotico e implacable, ... see all copies from $35.46! new only from $39.86!
23	La Grande muraille ; suivi de, Le Firman aveugle : récits by Ismail Kadare, Jusuf Vrioni, Ismail Kadare add to wishlist see all copies from $53.65! new only from $53.65!
24	Le dossier H. by Ismail Kadare, Jusuf Vrioni add to wishlist see all copies from $93.49!
25	Albanian Spring more books like this by Ismail Kadare add to wishlist see all copies from $102.00!

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