The Concert

Author: Ismail Kadare

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Price : 12.95 AUD
ISBN : 9780099560890
Publisher : Vintage
Imprint : Vintage Classics
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Weight (g) : 0.314
Publication date : 04 September 2013
Dimensions : 198mm X 131mm X 27mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
RRP : 12.95
Availability date : 01 November 2013
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Author : Ismail Kadare
Bind : Paperback
Edition : 1113
Pages : 448
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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