Elegy for Kosovo: Stories |
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Ismail Kadare
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Pages: 128 (Hardcover)
ISBN: 1559705280
Pub: Arcade Publishing
Pub date: 2000-05
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1315057
Reader Reviews:
600 Years Ago the Battle for Kosovo Begins ... (3/3 people found this helpful)
as told by eyewitnesses. Although it is fiction: the message is clear,"rumors of impending war", "rumors of peace", "newly sealed alliances", so the story begins. Kadare's use of natural imagery & language is phenomenal. You understand how the anxiety of the mountain people adds to the tensions of political alliances, the ancient memories of past battles won & lost is ever present, as strummed on the gusle & sung by the bards. The Turks, Serbs & Bulgarians (Byzantine empire), people of various kingdoms had existed in cohesion ... but with rumours of war & memories of the past inflaming emotions: the inevitable occurs. Amazingly, this great epic story is told with lyrical creativity in about 120 pages. A highly educational and enjoyable reading experience. Erika Borsos (bakonyvilla
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