As Spring arrives in the Albanian mountain town, some strange things are emerging in the thaw. Bank robbers, unknown under the tyrannical ancient regime, strike up the National Bank. The ghastly Kanun, regulator of medieval Albania's blood vendettas, is dr

Ismail Kadare s The Siege dramatizes a relentless fictional assault on a Christian fortress in the Albanian mountains by the Ottoman Army in the fifteenth century. As the bloody and psychologically crushing struggle for control over the citadel unfolds, Kadare s newest work opens a window onto the eternal clash between religions and empires as well as the exhilaration, despair, and immediacy of the battlefield.
Kadare is a hugely respected novelist and a hero to his people, as well as an outspoken critic of all forms of totalitarianism. The Siege is a powerfully atmospheric ....

Zwei Familien hoch oben in den albanischen Bergen sind seit Jahren miteinander im Blut. Auf dem Friedhof sind je vierzig Opfer bestattet. Jetzt ist Gjorg Berisha an der Reihe zu morden. Nach der Tat bleiben ihm nur 30 Tage Frist, bevor auch er umgebracht wird...

600 years ago a Christian army made up of Serbs, Bosnians, Albanians and Romanians was defeated by an Ottoman army. Part fiction, part history, this book comprises three short narratives focusing on the original Battle of Kosovo.

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2017 MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZEAt the heart of the Ottoman Empire, in the main square of Constantinople, a niche is carved into ancient stone. Tundj Hata, the imperial courier, is charged with transporting heads to the capital - a task he relishes and performs with fervour.