num_pages: 720
description: The Dead River (originally in Albanian Lumi i Vdekur) is the title of the first novel written by the 20th century Albanian writer Jakov Xoxa. One of the best-known of Jakov Xoxa's the literary work was written in 1964 only to be published 7 years later.The story revolves around the romantic love between the two main characters Vita and Adil and the ill fates of three Albanian families which all meet in a little town called Trokth in Albania. The seemingly independent stories that revolve around the three families are well interwoven with the fates of the two lovers.
language: Albanian
title: Lumi i vdekur
publisher: Botimet Enciklopedike 2002