- Publisher: Canongate
- Year: 2018
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 336pp
- Illustrated: No
- Dimensions: 197x128mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.2kg
- ISBN: 9781786893949
- Product code: 516239
The Siege
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In the 15th century, war between Albania and the Ottoman Empire had become inevitable and a siege upon an Albanian fortress started; this fictionalized history relates the country’s distant past to its political reality in the 1970s.
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It is the fifteenth century and war looms. The people of Albania have refused to negotiate with the Ottoman Empire and they know their fate is sealed. As they take refuge in a fortress in the mountains, the army arrives and prepares to lay siege to the Christian citadel.
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In the 15th century, war between Albania and the Ottoman Empire had become inevitable and a siege upon an Albanian fortress started; this fictionalized history relates the country’s distant past to its political reality in the 1970s.
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Ismail Kadare, Trans. David Bellos
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197x128mm
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