by IsmailKadare (Author)
When the construction of a bridge built to link the Balkans to Europe is repeatedly and mysteriously sabotaged, an old ballad starts making the rounds at local taverns. The bards sing of a legend - a woman immured in a castle wall to prevent it from falling. Some say the bridge is being damaged by local ferrymen, others blame the vengeful water spirits. But this is a town where terror and superstition reign and a solution must be reached. So it is decreed: a willing person must be plastered into the bridge...
Format: Paperback
Pages: 176
Publisher: Vintage Classics
Published: 05 Sep 2013
ISBN 10: 0099560887
ISBN 13: 9780099560883
Book Overview: A hard-hitting parable about the conflicts that have ravaged the Balkan states, by Albania's most influential novelist.