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Fall of the Stone City

by Ismail Kadare

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1943. German soldiers advance on Gjirokastr, Albania, the first step in a carefully planned invasion. But the troops are taken aback by an act of rebellion that leaves the citizens fearful of a bloody counter-attack. Soon rumours circulate that the Nazi Colonel was a school acquaintance of a local dignitary - then he and his army disappear.

World war, 1939-1945, fictionAlbania, fictionFiction, historicalFiction, historical, general
Fall of the Stone City by Ismail Kadare — book · Vinony