Description
In the mid-1970s, a circle of Albanian friends finds their lives reshaped by the shifting demands of politics as the country’s relationship with China tightens and then begins to fracture. Against this backdrop, private loyalties and public duties collide, turning everyday choices into tests of conscience and survival. With the precision of a historical epic and the intimacy of a human drama, the novel explores how ideology infiltrates friendship, memory, and identity—especially when the “ally” becomes an instrument of control. Ismail Kadare’s distinctive, unsparing style dramatizes truth with layered complexity, inviting readers to see the personal cost of geopolitical power and the quiet mechanisms of fear.
Available Editions
paperback
Harvill
Published Jan 1, 1994
444 pages
ISBN: 9780002713795
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Details
First Published
1988
Language
eng
Translation
From: alb
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Concert by Ismail Kadare.