The Three-Arched Bridge

Posted on 10 June 2017 by Ismail Kadare

The year 1377 The place the Balkan peninsula Here in Ismail Kadare s novel, The Three Arched Bridge, an Albanian monk chronicles the events surrounding the construction of a bridge across a great river known as Ujana e Keqe, or Wicked Waters If successful in their endeavor, the bridge builders will challenge a monopoly on water transportation known simply as Boats and Rafts The story itself parallels developments in modern day Eastern Europe, with the bridge emblematic of a disintegrating economic and political order just as mysterious cracks in the span s masonry endanger the structure and cast the local community into a morass of uncertainty, superstition, and murder, so the fast changing conditions in the 14th century Balkan peninsula threaten to overwhelm the stability of life there Dark as the story itself is, Mr Kadare s prose, skillfully translated from the Albanian by John Hodgson, is elegant, witty, and deft.And with so many twists and turns in its carefully constructed plot, this political parable keeps the reader s interest to the very end. Free Read Books The Three-Arched Bridge author Ismail Kadare – kino-fada.fr .In 1377 a monk, Gjon John Ukcama, begins his chronicle of the events of that time in his corner of Albania What follows is a mesmerizing, frightening tale It can be read on several levels the straightforward narrative of a bridge being built over a raging river, the Ujana e Keqe Wild waters , its construction undermined by sabotage and bitter rivalry between two entities Boats Rafts and Roads Bridges Byzantium is crumbling the Ottoman Empire encroaches on Albania Gjon wri In 1377 a monk, Gjon John Ukcama, begins his chronicle of the events of ...Only red blood in common A babble of languages Their music this stupor, this hashish dissolved in the air in the form of song Their dervishes with ragged clothes that look like hair, and with hair that looks like rags The differences between Europe and Ottoman Asia, suddenly at Albania s borders.Butdifferences between us and them come before that among people of the Balkans themselves Obscured competition for the profits of commerce come to this small principality from outside, Only red blood in common A babble of languages Their music this stupor, this hashish dissolved in the air in the form of song Their dervishes with ragged clothes that look like hair, and with hair that looks like rags The differences between Europe and Ottoman Asia, suddenly at Albania s borders.Butdifferences between us and them come before that among people of the Balkans themselves Obscured competition for the profits of commerce come to this small principality from outside, places where no one has been Someone we never see maneuvers to buld a bridge and take the business of someone else we never see the magnate of water transport The peasants fear effects on the water spirits A mogul of water, a mogul of earth Ferry or bridge Reason or naiads Science or religion This book isthan a parable, but it has the feeling of a very complex para...An short book based around various legends of interning a body into a structure in this case a bridge as a type of sacrifice But the story isabout the various Albanian clans whose petty in fighting are carried out instead of f....The story is set in 1377, and our narrator is an Albanian monk, who watches as the Turkish armies gather over the Balkan Peninsula With a few deft strokes Kidare conveys the great extent of political and economic shifts occurring in Europe in the late Middle Ages the collapse of Byzantium, the spread of an international currency and the formation of large financial conglomerates, some of them complicit with the emerging Turkish imperial expansion.A picture is created of a community in the grip The story is set in 1377, and our narrator is an Albanian monk, who watches as the Turkish armies gather over the Balkan Peninsula With a few deft strokes Kidare conveys the great extent of political and economic shifts occurring in Europe in the late Middle Ages the collapse of Byzantium, the spread of an international currency and the formation of large financial conglomerat...I thought this book was fantastic Kadare s story is short, almost a novella, and yet it is layered with issues of every shape and size, from mythology and religion to war and architecture There are hints of fable and satire in this story, and while it is set in the medieval period ...Ismail Kadare poate fi genial dac vrea, nu i n Podul cu trei arce Romanul de fa face parte din seria de exerci ii mitologice, prin care autorul ia c te o legend veche i o ntoarce pe fa i pe dos g sindu i noi dedesupturi Un fel de a coase dosar penal Me terului Manole.

English
10 June 2017

Ismail Kadare