The Fall of the Stone City

by Ismail Kadare

Rating: 3.5 3 Votes

Tags: Set in ALBANIA

Description:

Shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2013.In September 1943, Nazi troops advance on the ancient gates of Gjirokastër, Albania. The very next day, the Germans vanish without a trace. As the townsfolk wonder if they might have dreamt the events of the previous night, rumours circulate of a childhood friendship between a local dignitary and the invading Nazi Colonel, a reunion in the town square and a fateful dinner party that would transform twentieth-century Europe. A captivating novel of resistance in a dictatorship, and steeped in Albanian folklore, The Fall of the Stone City shows Kadare at the height of his powers.

Add comment

Challenge: Read Around Europe Challenge

Country:

Albania

Language: EN

Genre: fiction Historical fiction

Recommended: 18 Jan 2023

More books from Albania

More books from Read Around Europe Challenge