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Twenty years after the end of the Second World War, an Italian general is despatched to Albania to recover his country's dead. Once there he meets a German general who is engaged upon an identical mission, and their conversations brings out into the open the extent of their horror and guilt, newly exacerbated by their present task.

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He has been compared to Gogol, Kafka and Orwell. But Kadare's is an original voice, universal yet deeply rooted in his own soil * Independent on Sunday *
A novelist of dazzling mastery -- Paul Binding * Independent *
Astonishing...his finest work -- Azar Nafisi, Man Booker judge and author of 'Reading Lolita in Tehran' * Guardian *
With its metonymic realism and fidelity to its characters, The General of the Dead Army reminds us why his work is so valued * New Statesman *
Literary gold dust - haunting, bleakly comedic and ultimately horrific * The Times *

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A Paperback / softback by Ismail Kadare, David Smiley, Derek Coltman

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    Publisher: Vintage Publishing
    Publication Date: 04/12/2008
    ISBN13: 9780099518266, 978-0099518266
    ISBN10: 0099518260
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Twenty years after the end of the Second World War, an Italian general is despatched to Albania to recover his country's dead. Once there he meets a German general who is engaged upon an identical mission, and their conversations brings out into the open the extent of their horror and guilt, newly exacerbated by their present task.

    Trade Review
    He has been compared to Gogol, Kafka and Orwell. But Kadare's is an original voice, universal yet deeply rooted in his own soil * Independent on Sunday *
    A novelist of dazzling mastery -- Paul Binding * Independent *
    Astonishing...his finest work -- Azar Nafisi, Man Booker judge and author of 'Reading Lolita in Tehran' * Guardian *
    With its metonymic realism and fidelity to its characters, The General of the Dead Army reminds us why his work is so valued * New Statesman *
    Literary gold dust - haunting, bleakly comedic and ultimately horrific * The Times *

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