Ebook {Epub PDF} The Three-Arched Bridge by Ismail Kadare

pages ; 22 cm. 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.  · The Three-arched Bridge: Author: Ismail Kadare: Translated by: John Hodgson: Publisher: Arcade Publishing, Original from: the University of 4/5(6). Here in Ismail Kadare's novel, The Three-Arched Bridge, an Albanian monk chronicles the events surrounding the construction of a bridge across a great river known as Ujana e Keqe, or "Wicked Waters." If successful in their endeavor, the bridge-builders will challenge a monopoly on water transportation known simply as "Boats and Rafts."/5(25).

Editions for The Three-Arched Bridge: (Paperback published in ), (Paperback published in ), (Paperback published in ), (Paperback. In Ismail Kadare. . Ura me tri harqe (; The Three-Arched Bridge), set in medieval Albania, received wide critical acclaim. Muzgu i perëndive të stepës (; Twilight of the Eastern Gods) is a roman à clef about Kadare's time at the Gorky Institute. His subsequent works of fiction included Nëpunësi i pallatit të ëndrrave . The Three-Arched Bridge A Novel Ismail Kadare, John Hodgson. Pages; October 1, ; ISBN: ; Trim Size: in x in x in.

The Three-Arched Bridge. CHAPTER ONE. The Three-Arched Bridge. By ISMAIL KADARE. Arcade Publishing. Read the Review. I, the monk Gjon, the sonne of Gjorg Ukcama, knowynge that ther is no thynge. THE THREE-ARCHED BRIDGE. by Ismail Kadare ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 1, A spare and haunting story of how a bridge becomes both a unifying and divisive force, by the great Albanian author (The Pyramid, p. ; The Concert, , etc.) who has been frequently nominated for the Nobel Prize. Originally written in , and published in French in , this is the first-person narrative of Gjon, a monk who serves a small Balkan village during the later years of the 14th century (in a country. The Three-arched Bridge: Author: Ismail Kadare: Translated by: John Hodgson: Publisher: Arcade Publishing, Original from: the University of California: Digitized: : ISBN.