The Three-Arched Bridge by Ismail Kadare
In the Balkan Peninsula, history's long-disputed bridge between Asia and Europe, the receding Byzantine empire has left behind a patchwork of warring peoples who fight over everything, from their pastures of sheep to the authorship of their countless legends.One such gruesome tale declares that a castle under construction cannot be finished until a young mason's bride has been walled up alive, one breast left exposed to suckle her growing infant even after her death. Myth becomes perverse reality when a mason is plastered into a bridge over a strategically important river, where his will not be the last human sacrifice.
Ismail Kadare is Albania's best-known poet and novelist, having won the inaugural Man Booker International Award. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential writers of our time. More than forty nations have produced translations of his novels. He splits his time between Tirana, Albania, and Paris, France.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781611458732 |
| ISBN 10 | 1611458730 |
| Title | The Three-Arched Bridge |
| Author | Ismail Kadare |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Skyhorse Publishing |
| Year published | 2013-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
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