A hard-hitting parable about the conflicts that have ravaged the Balkan states, by Albania's most influential novelist.
When the construction of a bridge built to link the Balkans to Europe is repeatedly and mysteriously sabotaged, an old ballad starts making the rounds at local taverns. The bards sing of a legend - a woman immured in a castle wall to prevent it from falling. Some say the bridge is being damaged by local ferrymen, others blame the vengeful water spirits. But this is a town where terror and superstition reign and a solution must be reached. So it is decreed: a willing person must be plastered into the bridge…
'A vivid, macabre and wise novel' New York Times
| ISBN: | 9780099560883 |
| Publication date: | 5th September 2013 |
| Author: | Ismail Kadare |
| Publisher: | Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 170 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Historical crime and mysteries |
A hard-hitting parable about the conflicts that have ravaged the Balkan states, by Albania's most influential novelist.When the construction of a bridge built to link the Balkans to Europe is repeatedly and mysteriously sabotaged, an old ballad starts making the rounds at local taverns. The bards sing of a legend - a woman immured in a castle wall to prevent it from falling.
The Three-Arched Bridge features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Historical crime and mysteries
Paperback. £11.69, down from the £12.99 cover price. In Stock.
The Three-Arched Bridge was written by Ismail Kadare and published by Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House
The Three-Arched Bridge has 170 pages
£11.69, reduced from £12.99. In Stock.