The Three Arched Bridge

Author: Ismail Kadare

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  • : 12.95 AUD
  • : 9780099560883
  • : Vintage
  • : Vintage Classics
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  • : 01 September 2013
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 11mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 12.95
  • : 01 November 2013
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  • : Ismail Kadare
  • : Paperback
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Barcode 9780099560883
9780099560883

Description

When the construction of a bridge built to link the Balkans to Europe is repeatedly and mysteriously sabotaged, an old ballad starts making the rounds at local taverns. The bards sing of a legend - a woman immured in a castle wall to prevent it from falling. Some say the bridge is being damaged by local ferrymen, others blame the vengeful water spirits. But this is a town where terror and superstition reign and a solution must be reached. So it is decreed: a willing person must be plastered into the bridge.

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A hard-hitting parable about the conflicts that have ravaged the Balkan states, by Albania's most influential novelist.