Description
In a tense Albanian town where power changes hands and truth is constantly rewritten, a respected doctor finds himself caught between survival and conscience. As the colonel’s visit unfolds amid music, rituals, and carefully managed appearances, the doctor’s private efforts to influence the fate of prisoners—including a Jewish chemist—reveal how resistance can take shape in the smallest, most dangerous choices. Blending Balkan legend and the texture of recent history, this rich, ironic novel examines dictatorship’s grip on memory, language, and moral responsibility. With Ismail Kadare’s distinctive, lyrical precision, the story becomes a sober meditation on how totalitarian systems distort the past—and how individuals still try, quietly and at great risk, to bend the future.
Available Editions
paperback
Grove Press
Published Jan 1, 2013
171 pages
ISBN: 9780802120687
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Details
First Published
2013
Language
eng
Translation
From: alb
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Fall of the Stone City by Ismail Kadare.