The Siege

The Siege by Ismail Kadare, winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2005 In the early fifteenth century, as winter falls away, the people of Albania know that their fate is sealed They have refused to negotiate with the Ottoman Empire, and war is now inevitable Soon enough dust kicked up by Turkish horses is spotted from a citadel Brightly coloured banners, hastily constructed minarets and tens of thousands of men fill the plain below From this moment on, the world is waiting to hear that the fortress has fallen The Siege tells the enthralling story of the weeks and months that follow of the exhilaration and despair of the battlefield, the constantly shifting strategies of war, and those whose lives are held in balance, from the Pasha himself to the technicians, artillerymen, astrologer, blind poet and harem of women that accompany him Brilliantly vivid, as insightful as it is compelling, The Siege I is an unforgettable account of the clash of two great civilisations As a portrait of war, it resonates across the centuries and confirms Ismail Kadare as one of our most significant writers. Download The Siege author Ismail Kadare – kino-fada.fr Troy Kingdom of Heaven The Lord of the Rings 375 . , , , , The author claims that this is not a historical novel, and yet the story is set in the mid 15th century and is a primer on the methods of warfare used at the time It is also a metaphor for Albania during its Communist rule in the 20th century, for although the invading Ottoman empire circa 1474 is portrayed as the bad guy, the implication and insinuation is that this totalitarian empire is a reflection of later day Albania itself.In a nutshell, an Albanian fortress is besieged by an invading Ot The author claims that this is not a historical novel, and yet the story is set in the mid 15th century and is a primer on the methods of warfare used at the time It is also a metaphor for Albania during its Communist rule in the 20th century, for although the invading Ottoman empire circa 1474 is portrayed as the bad guy, the implication and insinuation is that this totalitarian empire is a reflection of later day Albania itself.In a nutshell, an Albanian fortress is besieged by an invading Ottoman army, but prevails despite everything that is thrown at it from ladders, to death squads, to tunnelling, to cannon, to shutting off aquifers, to cutting off food supplies, to throwing poisoned vermin over its walls There are spies on both sides the reward for failure is imprisonment or death even cannon that don t fire straight are fustigated, life is cheap, and God help any female Albanians taken prisoner they don t last even an evening in the hands of their sex hungry en... 2005 .This may seem like a straight forward historical novel about a citadel in Albania under seige from the mighty Ottaman Empire, but it is so muchthan that Written originally in 1970 in Albania just after the Soviets had shattered the Prague uprising in Czechoslovakia, it is one of t...My favorite book by this author He seems to be able to recreate the mentality and the perspective people may have had in those times He makes me feel with them regardless of the fact that I am submerged in my zeit...

• English
• 09 January 2018
Ismail Kadare
• Hardcover
• 328 pages
• 184767030X
• Ismail Kadare
• The Siege