The Concert
By: A novel written in Albanian and translated from the French of Jusuf Vrioni by Barbara Bray
Publisher: Vintage Digital
Published: 1 March 2011
Place of publication: London
Format: EBook
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9781446433454
Copyright date: 1989
Description: 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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