Author | Ismail Kadare |
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Original title | Gjenerali i Ushtrisë së vdekur |
Translator | Derek Coltman |
Language | Albanian |
Genre | History |
Set in | Albania, 1960s |
Publisher | |
Publication date | 1963 |
Publication place | PR Albania |
Published in English | 1971 |
Pages | 264 |
ISBN | 9780099518266 |
OCLC | 7277030 |
891.9913 | |
LC Class | PG9621.K3 G513 |
Followed by | The Siege |
The General of the Dead Army (Albanian: Gjenerali i ushtrisë së vdekur) is a 1963 novel by then 26-year-old Albanian writer Ismail Kadare and his most critically acclaimed.[1][2] He was encouraged to write it by Drago Siliqi, literary critic and director of the state-owned publishing house Naim Frashëri.[3]