The Concert (Kadare)
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| Author | Ismail Kadare |
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| Original title | Koncert në fund të dimrit |
| Language | Albanian |
| Genre | Historical |
| Set in | Albania |
| Publisher | Naim Frashëri Publishing House |
Publication date | 1988 |
| Publication place | Albania |
| Pages | 556 pages |
The Concert is a 1988 historical novel by Ismail Kadare. Originally titled Koncert në fund të dimrit (transl. The Concert in the End of Winter) in Albanian, the novel treats the events leading to the break in Albanian-Chinese diplomatic relations in the period 1972–1978.[1]
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[edit]- ^ Sarvepalli Gopal History of Humanity Vol. VII The Twentieth Century 9231040839 2008 "The Albanian writer Ismail Kadaré is quite prolific. his novel The Concert, 1988, at once tragic, burlesque, poetical, and metaphysical, based on the relations between Beijing and albania, is considered his masterpiece."
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