General of the Dead Army
General of the Dead Army
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The general is an Italian, sent by his government to Albania to repatriate the remains of Italian troops killed there during the war, 20 years before. Ironically, he meets a German general engaged on an identical mission, and their conversations bring into the open their horror and guilt.
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General of the Dead Army by Kadare Ismail
In this early work, Kadare s theme is the absurdity of war. The general of the title is an Italian, sent by his government to Albania to repatriate the remains of Italian troops killed there during the war, twenty years earlier. Accompanied by a priest who is also an Italian army colonel, he travels Albania in search of the bones of his countrymen. Ironically, he meets a German general who is engaged upon an identical mission, and their conversations bring out into the open the extent of their horror and guilt, made worse by their present task. As they descend from the callous trivialities of their business, past and present, to the suffering of the past and their own self-disgust, the author gives us glimpses of the lives of the people whose graves they are unearthing. Kadare s early work shows the same mastery and acute intelligence that characterise his later fiction.
" "He has been compared to Gogol, Kafka and OrwellBut Kadare's is an original voice, universal yet deeply rooted in his own soil" - Independent on Sunday. "Kadare's first novel caught on in the West as nothing out of Albania had in living memory" - Observer. "Kadare is a novelist of dazzling mastery" PAUL BINDING - Independent"
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 of dictatorship. "Dictatorship and authentic literature are uncompatible," he wrote. "The writer is the natural enemy of dictatorship." His works brought him into frequent conflict with the authorities from 1945 to 1985. In 1990 he
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| ISBN 13 | 9781860466441 |
| ISBN 10 | 1860466443 |
| Title | General of the Dead Army |
| Author | Kadare Ismail |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2000-09-21 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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