Author:Ismail Kadare,Derek Coltman,David Smiley
Twenty years after the end of the Second World War, an Italian general is despatched to Albania to recover his country's dead. Once there he meets a German general who is engaged upon an identical mission, and their conversations brings out into the open the extent of their horror and guilt, newly exacerbated by their present task. As they descend from the callous trivialities of their gruesome business, past and present, to suffering self-disgust, the author gives us glimpses of the lives of the people whose graves they are unearthing.
He has been compared to Gogol, Kafka and Orwell. But Kadare's is an original voice, universal yet deeply rooted in his own soil
—— Independent on SundayA novelist of dazzling mastery
—— Paul Binding , IndependentAstonishing...his finest work
—— Azar Nafisi, Man Booker judge and author of 'Reading Lolita in Tehran' , GuardianWith its metonymic realism and fidelity to its characters, The General of the Dead Army reminds us why his work is so valued
—— New StatesmanLiterary gold dust - haunting, bleakly comedic and ultimately horrific
—— The TimesOne of the funniest books I have read in a long time
—— IndependentAn insight bordering on genius
—— Irish TimesMy favourite writer, and the best line-and-length novelist in the world
—— Nick HornbyA page-turner... Trainspotting gives lies to any cosy notions of a classless society
—— Independent on SundayThe Scottish Celine
—— GuardianOne of the most significant writers in Britain. He writes with style, imagination, wit and force
—— Times Literary SupplementWelsh has certainly described the world surrounding Edinburgh's underground drug movement with a most amazing intimacy
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