From Ismail Kadare, winner of the inaugural Man Booker
International Prize - a novelist in the class of Coetzee, Pamuk,
Marquez, and Rushdie - the stunning new translation of one of his
major works.
In the early fifteenth century, as winter falls away, the people of
Albania know that their fate is sealed. They have refused to
negotiate with the Ottoman Empire, and war is now inevitable. Soon
enough, dust kicked up by Turkish horses is spotted from a citadel.
Brightly coloured banners, hastily constructed minarets, and tens
of thousands of men fill the plain below. From this moment on, the
world is waiting to hear that the fortress has fallen.
The Siege tells the enthralling story of the weeks and months that
follow - of the exhilaration and despair of the battlefield, the
constantly shifting strategies of war, and those whose lives are
held in the balance, from the Pasha himself to the artillerymen,
astrologer, blind poet, and harem of women who accompany him.
"Believe me," the general said. "I've taken part in many sieges but
this," he waved towards the castle walls, "is where the most
fearful carnage of our times will take place. And you surely know
as well as I do that great massacres always give birth to great
books. You really do have an opportunity to write a thundering
chronicle redolent with pitch and blood, and it will be utterly
different from the graceful whines composed at the fireside by
squealers who never went to war."
Brilliantly vivid, as insightful as it is compelling, The Siege is
an unforgettable account of the clash of two great civilisations,
and a portrait of war that will resonate across the centuries.
"From the Hardcover edition."
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