The fall of the stone city
Kadaré, Ismaı̈l, 1936-2012
Book
1943. German soldiers advance on Gjirokastër, Albania, the first step in a carefully planned invasion. But the troops are taken aback by an act of rebellion that leaves the citizens fearful of a bloody counter-attack. Soon rumours circulate that the Nazi Colonel was a school acquaintance of a local dignitary - then he and his army disappear.
Main title:
The fall of the stone city / Ismail Kadare ; translated from the Albanian by John Hodgson.
Author:
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Canongate, 2012.
Collation:
168 p. ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9780857860118 (hbk)
Dewey class:
891.9913FICTIONGEN
Language:
EnglishAlbanian
BRN:
81223