The three-arched bridge : a novel / Ismail Kadare ; translated from the Albanian by John Hodgson.
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. So the builders immure a villager and the bridge gets built. A Balkan parable by the author of The Pyramid.
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- ISBN: 1611458730
- ISBN: 9781611458732
- Physical Description: 184 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: New York : Arcade Publishing, 2013.
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Subject: | Bridges > Albania > Design and construction > Fiction. Bridges > Design and construction. Albania > History > To 1501 > Fiction. Albania. |
Genre: | Fiction. History. Fiction. Parables. |
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Summary:
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. So the builders immure a villager and the bridge gets built. A Balkan parable by the author of The Pyramid.