Author : Ismail Kadare
Release : 2012-08-30
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 339/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Fall of the Stone City by : Ismail Kadare
Download or read book The Fall of the Stone City written by Ismail Kadare. This book was released on 2012-08-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2013. In September 1943, Nazi troops advance on the ancient gates of Gjirokastër, Albania. The very next day, the Germans vanish without a trace. As the townsfolk wonder if they might have dreamt the events of the previous night, rumours circulate of a childhood friendship between a local dignitary and the invading Nazi Colonel, a reunion in the town square and a fateful dinner party that would transform twentieth-century Europe. A captivating novel of resistance in a dictatorship, and steeped in Albanian folklore, The Fall of the Stone City shows Kadare at the height of his powers.