General of the Dead Army von Ismail Kadare

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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 Orwell. But Kadare's is an original voice, universal yet deeply rooted in his own soil' Independent on Sunday


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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 Orwell. But Kadare's is an original voice, universal yet deeply rooted in his own soil' Independent on Sunday


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AutorKadare, Ismail / Smiley, David (Einf.) / Coltman, Derek (Übers.)
EinbandKartonierter Einband (Kt)
Erscheinungsjahr2008
Seitenangabe272 S.
LieferstatusLieferbar in ca. 10-20 Arbeitstagen
AusgabekennzeichenEnglisch
MasseH19.8 cm x B12.9 cm x D1.7 cm 193 g
CoverlagVintage Classics (Imprint/Brand)
VerlagRandom House UK

Über den Autor Ismail Kadare

Ismail Kadare, Albaniens berühmtester Autor, wurde 1936 im südalbanischen Gjirokastra geboren. Er studierte Literaturwissenschaften in Tirana und Moskau. Seine Werke wurden in vierzig Sprachen übersetzt, er galt jahrelang als Anwärter auf den Literaturnobelpreis. 2005 erhielt Kadare den Man Booker International Prize. 2015 wurde er mit dem Jerusalem Prize ausgezeichnet. Er war Mitglied der französischen Ehrenlegion und lebte zuletzt in Tirana und Paris. Er starb 2024 in Tirana.

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