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The Siege is a historical novel by Albanian author Ismail Kadare, first published in 1970 in Tirana as Kështjella (The Castle).It concerns the siege of an unnamed Albanian fortress by troops of the Ottoman Empire during the time of Skanderbeg, loosely based on the historical Siege of Krujë (1450).
Ismail Kadare (Albanian: [ismaˈil kadaˈɾe]; 28 January 1936 – 1 July 2024) was an Albanian novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter and playwright. [2] He was a leading international literary figure and intellectual, focusing on poetry until the publication of his first novel, The General of the Dead Army, which made him famous internationally.
There have been 10 military deportation flights since Jan. 24, with five landing in Guatemala as of Feb. 4. An estimated 727 people were removed on those flights that departed El Paso, Harlingen ...
In the early 1960s, nearly 20 years after the end of the Second World War, an Italian general, accompanied by a priest who is also an Italian army colonel, is sent to Albania to locate and collect the remains of his countrymen who had died during the war and return them for burial in Italy. [1]
Will Cam Ward be the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NFL draft? Experts are split about whether the Titans will go QB or target another position.
The NSYNC vocalist popped over to Studio 8H for the Nov. 15, 2008, episode hosted by Paul Rudd to try to help convince his "Until the End of Time" collaborator of the gold they had at their ...
Gjon was the son of Blasius Mataranga, an Albanian feudal lord who held the titles of Sevastocrator and Lord of Karavasta. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] The identity of ...
When she visited Italy for the first time with her father back in 1975, Rabbi Barbara Aiello, from the United States, remembers thinking, “I’ll live here one day.”