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The book is a political parable that describes the construction of an important bridge on the Via Egnatia in Albanian territory in the Balkans from 1377–1378, shortly before the occupation by the Ottoman Empire began.
- Robert Elsie, Ismail Kadare, John Hodgson
- 1978
The Three-Arched Bridge. Ismail Kadare, John Hodgson (Translator) 3.85. 1,424 ratings154 reviews. A bridge under construction in 14th Century Albania is secretly sabotaged by ferry men who are afraid of being made redundant. Officially they blame a prophecy that no bridge will stand over the river without human sacrifice to the water spirits.
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Oct 1, 2013 · Paperback – October 1, 2013. In the Balkan Peninsula, history’s long-disputed bridge between Asia and Europe, the receding Byzantine empire has left behind a patchwork of warring peoples who fight over everything, from their pastures of sheep to the authorship of their countless legends.
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- Ismail Kadare
Oct 5, 2005 · Paperback – Bargain Price, October 5, 2005. The year: 1377. The place: the Balkan peninsula. Here in Ismail Kadare's novel, The Three-Arched Bridge, an Albanian monk chronicles the events surrounding the construction of a bridge across a great river known as Ujana e Keqe, or "Wicked Waters."
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Superbly written, resonant with menace and sorrow, The Three-Arched Bridge is as powerful an evocation of a vanished world as The Name of the Rose.A vivid, macabre and wise novel, set in...
The Three-Arched Bridge. Select a format: Paperback Ebook. Retailers: Amazon Blackwells Bookshop.org Foyles Hive Waterstones WHSmith. Summary. 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.
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...
