false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1199702220m/2101872.jpg 2101872 7 The Ottoman Army – the most powerful the world had known by that time – lays siege to a Christian fortress in the mountains of Albania. Above the colourful host looms the great dark wall of the citadel that has to be overcome. Told partly through the personal narrative of one of the defenders, partly through the eyes of the Ottoman chronicler Mevla Çelebi, Ismail Kadare's The Siege is a gripping narrative of a bloody, complex struggle that ends in defeat and desolation for both sides. Its story of blood, gore and boiling pitch provides Ismail Kadare with another vehicle for his long meditation on human relations, human folly, the ambiguities of power and the meaning of history. The thoughts and sufferings of his fifteenth-century warriors are barely distinguishable from those that afflict us in the modern world. 2107236 1970 Siege total:36|5:5|4:13|3:14|2:4|1:0| 36 127 81 18 4435647 1847671853 9781847671851 6 3 3.53 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4435647.The_Siege 5 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Oct 08 19:17:27 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 19:17:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2101872 184767030X 9781847670304 24 13 3.53 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1199702220m/2101872.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2101872.Siege 3 0 false Wed Apr 22 11:56:02 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 23:55:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5978986 1847671225 9781847671226 5 2 3.53 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5978986.The_Siege 3 0 true Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 21:51:01 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 12:21:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2101872 184767030X 9781847670304 24 13 3.53 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1199702220m/2101872.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2101872.Siege 2 0 false Thu May 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 08:23:34 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 08:28:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5978986 1847671225 9781847671226 5 2 3.53 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5978986.The_Siege 4 0 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 15:45:04 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 19:26:16 -0700 2009 The Siege, Ismail Kadare succeeds in telling a story that is at once a fictionalized piece of history, a believable what-if about the Ottoman invasion of 15th-century Albania, and a subtle commentary on modern politics and war.

As with other armies throughout history, the Turks led mi...more...]]> 2101872 184767030X 9781847670304 24 13 3.53 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1199702220m/2101872.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2101872.Siege 3 0 false Sun Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 16:08:45 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 16:08:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2101872 184767030X 9781847670304 24 13 3.53 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1199702220m/2101872.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2101872.Siege 3 0 false Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 17:16:31 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 17:22:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4435647 1847671853 9781847671851 6 3 3.53 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4435647.The_Siege 4 1 false Fri Nov 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 12:27:39 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 27 12:38:56 -0800 2009
Written originally in 1970 in Albania just after the Soviets had shattered the Prague uprising in Czechoslovakia, it is one of t...more...]]> 2101872 184767030X 9781847670304 24 13 3.53 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1199702220m/2101872.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2101872.Siege 2 0 false Sat May 09 07:32:06 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 07:36:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2101872 184767030X 9781847670304 24 13 3.53 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1199702220m/2101872.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2101872.Siege 2 0 false Sun Oct 18 21:04:48 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 21:05:56 -0700 2009 2101872 184767030X 9781847670304 24 13 3.53 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1199702220m/2101872.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2101872.Siege 5 0 false Sat Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 07:09:22 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 12:26:18 -0700 2009 The Siege is set in the 15th century and Albania is being invaded by the outnumbered Ottoman Turks. The book is interesting and very readable. If you like historical fiction and books with political meaning, this is a ve...more...]]> 2101872 184767030X 9781847670304 24 13 3.53 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1199702220m/2101872.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2101872.Siege 3 0 false Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 05:29:30 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 05:37:10 -0700 2009 2101872 184767030X 9781847670304 24 13 3.53 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1199702220m/2101872.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2101872.Siege 3 0 false Thu Apr 30 02:13:30 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 02:20:40 -0700 2009 2101872 184767030X 9781847670304 24 13 3.53 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1199702220m/2101872.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2101872.Siege 4 0 false Tue Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 10:40:22 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 10:41:41 -0700 2009 2101872 184767030X 9781847670304 24 13 3.53 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1199702220m/2101872.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2101872.Siege 4 0 false Fri May 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 23:02:44 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 23:04:25 -0700 2009 4435647 1847671853 9781847671851 6 3 3.53 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4435647.The_Siege 5 0 false Wed Mar 04 15:25:15 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 15:25:59 -0800 2009 2101872 184767030X 9781847670304 24 13 3.53 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1199702220m/2101872.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2101872.Siege 3 0 false Sun Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 17 05:27:39 -0800 2007 Mon Feb 25 02:30:52 -0800 2008
It is told through the eyes of the Turkish chronicler and a nameless Albanian. It did NOT end the way I thought it would.

This was translated by David Bellos.]]> 2101872 184767030X 9781847670304 24 13 3.53 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1199702220m/2101872.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2101872.Siege 4 0 false Fri Jul 03 11:00:52 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 11:15:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4435647 1847671853 9781847671851 6 3 3.53 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4435647.The_Siege 0 0 false Mon Nov 30 08:10:45 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 08:14:22 -0800 2009 2101872 184767030X 9781847670304 24 13 3.53 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1199702220m/2101872.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2101872.Siege 4 0 false Sat Oct 31 14:55:11 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 14:55:32 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2101872