![]() ![]() As the bloody and psychologically crushing struggle for control unfolds, Kadare’s narrative opens a window onto the eternal clash between religions and empires. ![]() Albania was once conquered and ruled by the Ottoman Empire and so the political and social landscapes were changed for ever. A better fate perhaps awaits the living author who most closely resembles Andric: Albania’s controversial dissident author Ismail Kadare (b. Ismail Kadare’s The Siege dramatizes a fictional fifth century assault by the Ottoman Army on a Christian fortress in the Albanian mountains. This is a tale of hostility on every level. Ismail Kadare’s The Siege dramatizes a relentless fictional assault on a Christian fortress in the Albanian mountains by the Ottoman Army in the fifteenth century. The Siege is an unforgettable account of the clash of two civilisations and a timeless depiction of individual pain, uncertainty and fear. They might have conquered elsewhere but this little castle stood firm. ![]() Men here fought off multiple attacks from the Turks. Skanderbeg was promoted as a national hero and the central square in the capital is named after him Krujë castleĪt the time of the Ottoman threat, it was the headquarters of Gjergj Kastrioti, the “Dragon of Albania,” Skanderbeg defended Albania against the Ottoman’s It’s a story of how one country can invade another and looks at the reactions and courage of those whose homes and lives were changed for ever. This was a book originally written in 1970 in Albania just after the Soviets had put down the Prague uprising in Czechoslovakia. ![]()
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