The General of the Dead Army
by:
Ismail Kadaré (author)
This is the story of an Italian general, accompanied by his chaplain, charged with the mission of scouring Albania in search of the bones of their fallen countrymen, killed twenty years earlier during World War II.
This is the story of an Italian general, accompanied by his chaplain, charged with the mission of scouring Albania in search of the bones of their fallen countrymen, killed twenty years earlier during World War II.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781561310074 (1561310077)
Publish date: April 21st 1998
Publisher: New Amsterdam Books
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
As stated in the last page of the book, it took Ismail Kadaré five years to write this novel between 1962 and 1966 when he was in Tirana. One can wonder whether "The General od the Dead Army" was nail-biting business involving many stopovers for the Albanian author or if Kadaré himself was tied-up w...
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