The General of the Dead Army

Posted on 18 September 2018 by Ismail Kadare

This is the story of an Italian general, accompanied by his chaplain, charged with the mission of scouring Albania in search of the bones of their fallen countrymen, killed twenty years earlier during World War II. Download The General of the Dead Army Author Ismail Kadare – kino-fada.fr LA VITA E NIENTE ALTROI protagonisti sono un torbido prete avr avuto una storia con la bella contessa Betti Mirafiore o no e un generale stizzoso con improvvisi rigurgiti d orgoglio nazionalistico Kadar fa poco per renderli gradevoli.L omonima trasposizione cinematografica del 1983 firmata da Luciano Tovoli, la sua unica regia Tovoli, pi famoso come direttore della fotografia di alcuni film importanti e belli, collabor anche alla sceneggiatura, insieme a Michel Piccoli e a Jean Claud LA VITA E NIENTE ALTROI protagonisti sono un torbido prete avr avuto una storia con la bella contessa Betti Mirafiore o no e un generale stizzoso con improvvisi rigurgiti d orgoglio nazionalistico Kadar fa poco per renderli gradevoli.L omonima trasposizione cinematografica del 1983 firmata da Luciano Tovoli, la sua unica regia Tovoli, pi famoso come direttore della fotografia di alcuni film importanti e belli, collabor anche alla sceneggiatura, insieme a Michel Piccoli e a Jean Claude Carri re Purtroppo ne risultato un film stitico, senza anima.Indossano entrambi una divisa, rappresentano due eserciti, due burocrazie, due mentalit , di cui secondo me il mondo farebbe volentieri a meno.Vent anni dopo l ultima guerra mondiale, nel 1963, sono incaricati di andare in Albania per riportare a casa i resti dei soldati italiani morti rimasti sepolti in terra straniera.Si tratta di scavare, disseppellir..., ,, ,.As stated in the last page of the book, it took Ismail Kadar five years to write this novel between 1962 and 1966 when he was in Tirana One can wonder whether The General od the Dead Army was nail biting business involving many stopovers for the Albanian author or if Kadar himself was tied up with other things in those days.The idea behind the book is an excellent one a general and a priest both left nameless from the Italian army going to Albania in the 1960s in order to dig out the bod As stated in the last page of the book, it took Ismail Kadar five years to write this novel between 1962 and 1966 when he was in Tirana One can wonder whether The General od the Dead Army was nail biting business involving many stopovers for the Albanian author or if Kadar himself was tied up with other things in those days.The idea behind the book is an excellent one a general and a priest both left nameless from the Italian army going to Albania in the 1960s in order to dig out the bodies of the soldiers sent on the other shore of the Adriatic sea by Mussolini between 1938 and 1942 Men who found their death in a relatively unknown little country with their families claiming for their bones to return home The macabre but humanitarian task to find, collect, identify and ship back to Ita...Albania is an often forgotten country The paranoia of the Enver Hoxha era led them to fall out with the major players on both sides of the Iron Curtain and since the fall of Communism, only the disastrous pyramid selling scheme and events in neighbouring Kosovo have attracted headlines.Yet it s that very sense of the mysterious that makes it such a fascinating country Ismail Kadare is the country s most celebrated novelist and winner of the first man Booker International Prize he seems nailed Albania is an often forgotten country The paranoia of the Enver Hoxha era led them to fall out with the major players on both sides of the Iron Curtain and since the fall of Communism, only the disastrous pyramid selling scheme and events in neighbouring Kosovo have attracted headlines.Yet it s that very sense of the mysterious that makes it such a fascinating country Ismail Kadare is the country s most celebrated novelist and winner of the first man Booker International Prize he seems nailed on for a Nobel at some point and having read this quiet masterpiece, I am not surprised.A macabre tale, the story revolves around an Italian General making ...This is one of the best books I have read by Ismail Kadare so far I loved the symbolism.Quanti modi ci sarebbero per leggere questo libro Innanzitutto un libro che parla di quelle pieghe sconosciute della nostra storia, con una prospettiva che fa venire le vertigini scritto da un albanese ha come protagonista un generale italiano E dopo un po non riesci pi a capire se osservi con l occhio dell invasore o dell occupato Ma poi anche un libro sulla commedia dei ruoli, in alcuni momenti sembra di leggere Beckett o Ionesco, anche se lo stile sempre leggero e molto semplice Quanti modi ci sarebbero per leggere questo libro Innanzitutto un libro che parla di quelle pieghe sconosciute della nostra...Looking at the author s picture on the inside back cover, I am reminded of what a cruel time the 1970s were There are, in fact, a few pictures of me floating around the Internet which I wish would disappear But enough about me Call him Ismail It is 20 years after World War II Twenty years after Italian troops overran Albania The Albanians flashed up pockets of resistance, leaving many Italian soldiers in makeshift graves An Italian general no name returns after negotiations between the Looking at the author s picture on the inside back cover, I am reminded of what a cruel time the 1970s were There are, in fact, a few pictures...4.5 amazing stars I loved the first 200 pages, but the ending wasn t the best I could imagine I love Ismail Kadare, he really represents the best part of Albania What really surprises me, is that even though I m Albanian, when I read Kadare s books I feel like I m for...l Ordunun Generali, sava romanlar aras nda zellikle 2.d nya sava sonras yaz lan romanlar aras nda en belirgin fark zelli i smail Kadare nin italyan yada Alman kelimelerini kullanmadan g n m z k lt r ve kimlik d manl na d meden sava n ac ve trajikomik durumunu mizahi bir dille yans tabilmi olmas d r Ku kusuz Balkan Edebiyat n n en nemli yazarlar ndan biridir smail Kadare, bir ok kez de Nobel e aday g sterilmi tir Kitap 2.d nya sava sonunda talyan i gali sonras Arn l Ordunun Generali, sava romanlar aras nda zel...I loved this, the whole mood of it It s an utterly brilliant idea for a book, possibly one of the most profound and unique of modern times A General sent to reclaim the bodies of soldiers who died and were buried on battlefields in a foreign country The combination of the wearin...

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18 September 2018

Ismail Kadare