num_pages: 263
description: This novel written when the hardline Stalinist dictator Enver Hosha was still in power, is in part a celebration of the Albanians' resilience nurtured over a centuries-old history of foreign invasion, and in part an elegy for all young men who have been sent to die in war.
language: English
title: General of the Dead Army
titlecomplete: General of the Dead Army
genres: Fiction, Historical, War, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Albanian Literature, World War II
ratings_count: 4036
places: Albania
publisher: The Harvill Press