Ismail Kadare Books
Broken April
A venture into the strange (to us) world of the Albanian mountains, where the iron dictates of the "kanun", or blood feud, wrench apart the lives and peace of generation after generation. Although...
Read MoreGeneral Of The Dead Army
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This sweeping epic of post-war Albania was Kadare’s first novel. Twenty years after the end of the Second World War, an Italian general is dispatched to Albania to recover his country’s dead. Once...
Read MoreThe Palace Of Dreams
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At the heart of the Sultan's vast empire stands the mysterious Palace of Dreams. Inside, the dreams of every citizen are collected, sorted and interpreted in order to identify the 'master-dreams' t...
Read MoreThe Three arched Bridge
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When the construction of a bridge built to link the Balkans to Europe is repeatedly and mysteriously sabotaged, an old ballad starts making the rounds at local taverns. The bards sing of a legend –...
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