The Concert

Author: Ismail Kadare

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  • : 12.95 AUD
  • : 9780099560890
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  • : 04 September 2013
  • : 198mm X 131mm X 27mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 12.95
  • : 01 November 2013
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  • : Ismail Kadare
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It's the 1970s and cracks are starting to appear in the alliance between China and its Communist cohort Albania. When an Albanian steps on the foot of a Chinese diplomat the tension cranks up - couriers between Tirana and Beijing carry annotated x-rays of the foot back and forth. The Chinese intend to punish their interfering little ally discreetly. But is the Sino-Albanian axis about to come adrift? This is Kadare's surreal black comedy about the inner sanctums of political power and the mysterious causal chains that transform ordinary lives.

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A chilling portrait of life under Communist rule by Albania's most important writer