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Kadare, Ismail.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
Power (Social sciences) -- Fiction.
Nazis -- Fiction.
Hostages -- Fiction.
Totalitarianism -- Fiction.
Albania -- Fiction.
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Kadare, Ismail.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
Power (Social sciences) -- Fiction.
Nazis -- Fiction.
Hostages -- Fiction.
Totalitarianism -- Fiction.
Albania -- Fiction.
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The fall of the stone city / Ismail Kadare ; translated from the Albanian by John Hodgson.
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Kadare, Ismail.
Grove Press ; Distributed by Publishers Group West, [2013], c2011.
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FICTION KAD
Subjects
World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
Power (Social sciences) -- Fiction.
Nazis -- Fiction.
Hostages -- Fiction.
Totalitarianism -- Fiction.
Albania -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780802120687
Uniform title:
Darka e Gabuar. English English
Description:
171 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
"Originally published in Albanian in 2008 as Darka e Gabuar by Onufri Publishing, Tirana, Albania."--T.p. verso.
Translated from the Albanian.
Summary:
"Albania, 1943. The ancient stone city of Gjirokast's the first town in the warpath of Nazi troops invading Albania from occupied Greece. Spearheading these troops is Colonel Fritz von Schwabe, a man who happened to study with one of Gjirokast's most esteemed inhabitants, Dr. Gurameto. Von Schwabe is delighted to be reacquainted with his former classmate, who invites him to dine that evening at his apartment. But Albanian Resistance fighters have opened fire on the advance guard of the German tanks and, in retaliation, the Nazis have taken some of the townsfolk prisoner. Hearing the clinking of champagne glasses and the strains of Schubert from the doctors gramophone, the townsfolk presume that Dr. Gurameto has betrayed them but, in fact, as he hosts the colonel for dinner, Dr. Gurameto does his best to convince him to set free the prisoners the Nazis have taken, including a certain Jewish chemist. He succeeds. Years later, once the war is long over and the Communist regime has been established, the dinner and the strange events of the night of the Nazi invasion once again come to the fore. Dr. Gurameto is forced to answer to none less than Stalin himself for what happened on the evening of the Nazi invasion and reveal the secret behind the extraordinary dinner."--Publisher descriptin.
Genre:
Political fiction.
Albanian fiction -- Translations into English.
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