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The Traitor’s Niche

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A surreal, chilling tale of rebellion and tyranny in the Ottoman Empire, by the winner of the Man Booker International Prize.At the heart of the Ottoman Empire, in the main square of Constantinople, a niche is carved into ancient stone. Here, the sultan displays the severed heads of his adversaries. Tundj Hata, the imperial courier, is charged with transporting heads to the capital – a task he relishes and performs with fervour. But as he travels through obscure and impoverished territories, he makes money from illicit side-shows, offering villagers the spectacle of death. The head of the rebellious Albanian governor would fetch a very high price. A surreal tale of rebellion and tyranny from the master of European literature.’A master storyteller’ John Carey

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Weight 0.152 kg
Dimensions 1.4 × 13 × 19.8 cm
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Paperback
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Pages

208
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Year Published

2018-1-18
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Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10

1784873209
About The Author

Ismail Kadare is Albania’s best-known novelist and poet. Translations of his novels have appeared in more than forty countries. He was awarded the inaugural Man Booker International Prize in 2005, and the Jerusalem Prize in 2015.
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The narrative unfurls with the shifting intensity of a dream, enriched by unsettlingly surreal details… It is a brilliant examination of the way that authoritarian structures operate: Kafka on a grander political scale.
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Although on the surface this is a deeply compelling historical novel, its scope is wider. At heart, what Kadare seeks to demonstrate is the terrible nature of a world in which every human element is suborned to the state… Kadare well deserves his growing European audience.

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