It is noted that kadare was encouraged to write the book by drago siliqi. Other articles where the general of the dead army is discussed. Ismail kadare was born on 28 january 1936 in gjirokaster in albania, to halit kadare, a post office employee, and hatixhe dobi, a homemaker. In ismail kadares novel, the general of the dead army. The general of the dead army kadare ismail download. Buy the general of the dead army by ismail kadare online at alibris.
For nearly a year he works his way through his lists, supervising the location of burials, the digging up of bodies, and the comparison of heights and dental records. Aug 22, 2008 as one of the few americans who have visited onceisolated albania since its borders fully opened in 1989, i fell intimately and quickly into the mystical and tragic story woven by ismail kadare in this prizewinning novel, the general of the dead army. General of the dead army 978049383 by kadare ismail and a great selection of similar new used and collectible. He studied at the faculty of history and philology at the university of tirana, graduating with a teaching diploma in 1956, before moving to moscow to study at the maxim gorky literature institute, where he stayed until 1960 when relations between albania and the soviet union soured. This is the story of an italian general, accompanied by his chaplain, charged with the mission of scouring albania in search of the bones of their fallen countrymen, killed twenty years earlier during world war ii. The general of the dead army ponders the futility of war as it follows an italian general and a priest who seek the remains a fallen comrade.
Translations of his novels have appeared in more than forty countries. The general of the dead army historical novel society. He has been a leading literary figure in albania since the 1960s. He focused on poetry until the publication of his first novel, the general of the dead army, which. Ismail kadares the general of the dead army academia. Apr 14, 2009 and so my slight obsession with albanian literature continues. The general of the dead army, ismail kadares meditation on the consequences of.
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Ismail kadare is albanias bestknown novelist and poet. As stated in the last page of the book, it took ismail kadare five years to write this novel between 1962 and 1966 when he was in tirana. The general of the dead army, ismail kadare s meditation on the consequences of war, is a hugely moving account of duty and loss. He was awarded the inaugural man booker xinternational prize in 2005, and the jerusalem prize in 2015. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 208 pages and is available in paperback format. Editions of the general of the dead army by ismail kadare. Ismail kadares the general of the dead army erica weitzman the penates are inner gods, gods of the underworld. The general of the dead army by ismail kadare, paperback. The general of the dead army is a 1963 novel by the albanian writer ismail kadare. Kadare s plaintive novel is a consistently heartfelt lament to all those who have died and been affected by war, but it is also a beautiful work displaying the skills that make him on of the great modern european. Dec 04, 2008 buy general of the dead army vintage classics by ismail kadare, derek coltman isbn. Kadare, whose father was a post office employee, attended the university of tirana. As a child, he saw his hometown, gjirokaster, occupied by italians, greeks, and germans. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read.
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Albanian beats literary titans to first international booker. Jun 03, 2005 initially a journalist and poet, kadare s first novel, a sweeping epic of postwar albania called the general of the dead army, was published in 1963 and allowed him to write full time. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers. The general of the dead army ismail kadare first edition signed.
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