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9781784873202. The Traitor's Niche (Albanian: Kamarja e turpit) is a historical novel by the Albanian author Ismail Kadare. It was first published in Tirana, Albania in 1978. The English translation by John Hodgson was published in 2017. [1] It is part of a loose trilogy that includes The Three-Arched Bridge and The Palace of Dreams.
Jan 1, 2001 · Ismail Kadare, John Hodgson (Translator) 3.75. 823 ratings140 reviews. At the heart of the Ottoman Empire, in the main square of Constantinople, a niche is carved into ancient stone. Here, the sultan displays the severed heads of his adversaries.
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Jun 12, 2018 · Translated by John Hodgson, this allegorical novel of tyranny and rebellion is set in the 19th–century Ottoman Empire, but its story of subordination to the state is timeless. 'Kafka on a grander political scale,' said the The Sunday Times.” —The Globe and Mail, One of the Coolest Books of the Season.
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The Traitor’s Niche is a surreal tale of tyranny and rebellion, in a land where armies carry scarecrows, state officials ban entire languages, and the act of forgetting is more complicated than remembering. Long-listed for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize
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Aug 24, 2018 · But the Albanian writer Ismail Kadare ’s 1978 novel, “The Traitor’s Niche,” is an allegorical fable, finally (and very elegantly) translated into English by John Hodgson, about an earlier...
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The Traitor’s Niche is a surreal tale of tyranny and rebellion, in a land where armies carry scarecrows, state officials ban entire languages, and the act of forgetting is more complicated than remembering. Long-listed for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize.
