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The Three-Arched Bridge
Ismail Kadaré
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Description for The Three-Arched Bridge
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When the construction of a bridge built to link the Balkans to Europe is repeatedly and mysteriously sabotaged, an old ballad starts making the rounds at local taverns. The bards sing of a legend – a woman immured in a castle wall to prevent it from falling. Some say the bridge is being damaged by local ferrymen, others blame the vengeful water spirits. But this is a town where terror and superstition reign and a solution must be reached. So it is decreed: a willing person must be plastered into the bridge…
When the construction of a bridge built to link the Balkans to Europe is repeatedly and mysteriously sabotaged, an old ballad starts making the rounds at local taverns. The bards sing of a legend – a woman immured in a castle wall to prevent it from falling. Some say the bridge is being damaged by local ferrymen, others blame the vengeful water spirits. But this is a town where terror and superstition reign and a solution must be reached. So it is decreed: a willing person must be plastered into the bridge…
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099560883
SKU
V9780099560883
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Ref
99-3
About Ismail Kadaré
Ismail Kadare, born in 1936 in the mountain town of Gjirokaster, near the Greek border, is Albania's best-known poet and novelist. Since the appearance of The General of the Dead Army in 1965, Kadare has published scores of stories and novels that make up a panorama of Albanian history linked by a constant meditation on the nature and human consequences ... Read more
Reviews for The Three-Arched Bridge
A vivid, macabre and wise novel
New York Times
His ability to spin eerie parables out of a little-known national history makes his books an addictive pleasure
Jonathan Romney
Independent on Sunday
A compelling investigation into language and myth, politics and power, by the renowned, infinitely talented Albanian novelist
Booklist
[Kadare] is seemingly ... Read more
New York Times
His ability to spin eerie parables out of a little-known national history makes his books an addictive pleasure
Jonathan Romney
Independent on Sunday
A compelling investigation into language and myth, politics and power, by the renowned, infinitely talented Albanian novelist
Booklist
[Kadare] is seemingly ... Read more