The Fall of the Stone City

by Ismail Kadare

Book Overview

Shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2013.

In September 1943, Nazi troops advance on the ancient gates of Gjirokaster, Albania. The very next day, the Germans vanish without a trace. As the townsfolk wonder if they might have dreamt the events of the previous night, rumours circulate of a childhood friendship between a local dignitary and the invading Nazi Colonel, a reunion in the town square and a fateful dinner...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857860127
• ISBN13: 9780857860125
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.7"