false 2505424 <![CDATA[The Three-Arched Bridge]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg 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 endeavour, the bridge-builders will challenge a monopoly on water transportation known simply as "Boats and Rafts". The story itself parallels developments in modern-day Eastern Europe, with the bridge emblematic of a disintegrating economic and political order: just as mysterious cracks in the span's masonry endanger the structure and cast the local community into a morass of uncertainty, superstition and murder, so the fast-changing conditions in the 14th-century Balkan peninsula threaten to overwhelm the stability of life there. Dark as the story itself is, Mr. Kadare's prose, skilfully translated from the Albanian by John Hodgson, is elegant, witty and deft. And with so many twists and turns in its carefully constructed plot, this political parable keeps the reader's interest to the very end.]]> 17896 6 19388 1982 The Three-Arched Bridge total:94|5:22|4:35|3:27|2:9|1:1| 94 350 157 16 10838 3.77 685 107 63148075 2404463 17896 1559707925 9781559707923 13 <![CDATA[The Three-Arched Bridge]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166854631m/17896.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166854631s/17896.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17896.The_Three_Arched_Bridge 3.62 79 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." The story itself parallels developments in modern-day Eastern Europe, with the bridge emblematic of a disintegrating economic and political order: just as mysterious cracks in the span's masonry endanger the structure and cast the local community into a morass of uncertainty, superstition, and murder, so the fast-changing conditions in the 14th-century Balkan peninsula threaten to overwhelm the stability of life there.

Dark as the story itself is, Mr. Kadare's prose, skillfully translated from the Albanian by John Hodgson, is elegant, witty, and deft. And with so many twists and turns in its carefully constructed plot, this political parable keeps the reader's interest to the very end.

]]> 1982 0 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Jul 12 08:56:23 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 09:32:21 -0700 2009
The legend is about three brothers, all masons, whose efforts to buil...more...]]> 39456865 95018 17896 1559707925 9781559707923 13 <![CDATA[The Three-Arched Bridge]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166854631m/17896.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166854631s/17896.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17896.The_Three_Arched_Bridge 3.72 94 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." The story itself parallels developments in modern-day Eastern Europe, with the bridge emblematic of a disintegrating economic and political order: just as mysterious cracks in the span's masonry endanger the structure and cast the local community into a morass of uncertainty, superstition, and murder, so the fast-changing conditions in the 14th-century Balkan peninsula threaten to overwhelm the stability of life there.

Dark as the story itself is, Mr. Kadare's prose, skillfully translated from the Albanian by John Hodgson, is elegant, witty, and deft. And with so many twists and turns in its carefully constructed plot, this political parable keeps the reader's interest to the very end.

]]> 1982 4 0 false Sat Dec 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 12:31:09 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 12:37:57 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 39133750 107681 17896 1559707925 9781559707923 13 <![CDATA[The Three-Arched Bridge]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166854631m/17896.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166854631s/17896.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17896.The_Three_Arched_Bridge 3.72 94 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." The story itself parallels developments in modern-day Eastern Europe, with the bridge emblematic of a disintegrating economic and political order: just as mysterious cracks in the span's masonry endanger the structure and cast the local community into a morass of uncertainty, superstition, and murder, so the fast-changing conditions in the 14th-century Balkan peninsula threaten to overwhelm the stability of life there.

Dark as the story itself is, Mr. Kadare's prose, skillfully translated from the Albanian by John Hodgson, is elegant, witty, and deft. And with so many twists and turns in its carefully constructed plot, this political parable keeps the reader's interest to the very end.

]]> 1982 3 0 false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 02 13:47:31 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 13:48:29 -0800 2008 69965004 2683668 17896 1559707925 9781559707923 13 <![CDATA[The Three-Arched Bridge]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166854631m/17896.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166854631s/17896.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17896.The_Three_Arched_Bridge 3.72 94 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." The story itself parallels developments in modern-day Eastern Europe, with the bridge emblematic of a disintegrating economic and political order: just as mysterious cracks in the span's masonry endanger the structure and cast the local community into a morass of uncertainty, superstition, and murder, so the fast-changing conditions in the 14th-century Balkan peninsula threaten to overwhelm the stability of life there.

Dark as the story itself is, Mr. Kadare's prose, skillfully translated from the Albanian by John Hodgson, is elegant, witty, and deft. And with so many twists and turns in its carefully constructed plot, this political parable keeps the reader's interest to the very end.

]]> 1982 2 0 false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Thu Sep 03 14:56:33 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 14:56:33 -0700 2009 41017325 5682 17896 1559707925 9781559707923 13 <![CDATA[The Three-Arched Bridge]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166854631m/17896.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166854631s/17896.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17896.The_Three_Arched_Bridge 3.72 94 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." The story itself parallels developments in modern-day Eastern Europe, with the bridge emblematic of a disintegrating economic and political order: just as mysterious cracks in the span's masonry endanger the structure and cast the local community into a morass of uncertainty, superstition, and murder, so the fast-changing conditions in the 14th-century Balkan peninsula threaten to overwhelm the stability of life there.

Dark as the story itself is, Mr. Kadare's prose, skillfully translated from the Albanian by John Hodgson, is elegant, witty, and deft. And with so many twists and turns in its carefully constructed plot, this political parable keeps the reader's interest to the very end.

]]> 1982 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 27 11:52:52 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 10 18:22:58 -0800 2009 a moving little story from the Balkans in the Middle Ages, it's timeless, about the human condition.]]> 73338034 1418956 4682847 156131045X 9781561310456 1 <![CDATA[The Three-Arched Bridge]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4682847.The_Three_Arched_Bridge 5.00 1 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." The story itself parallels developments in modern-day Eastern Europe, with the bridge emblematic of a disintegrating economic and political order: just as mysterious cracks in the span's masonry endanger the structure and cast the local community into a morass of uncertainty, superstition, and murder, so the fast-changing conditions in the 14th-century Balkan peninsula threaten to overwhelm the stability of life there.

Dark as the story itself is, Mr. Kadare's prose, skillfully translated from the Albanian by John Hodgson, is elegant, witty, and deft. And with so many twists and turns in its carefully constructed plot, this political parable keeps the reader's interest to the very end.

]]> 1982 5 0 false Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 15:26:37 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 22:31:25 -0700 2009 39671980 632247 1235287 1860464637 9781860464638 2 <![CDATA[Three Arched Bridge]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182133732m/1235287.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182133732s/1235287.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1235287.Three_Arched_Bridge 4.00 3 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." The story itself parallels developments in modern-day Eastern Europe, with the bridge emblematic of a disintegrating economic and political order: just as mysterious cracks in the span's masonry endanger the structure and cast the local community into a morass of uncertainty, superstition, and murder, so the fast-changing conditions in the 14th-century Balkan peninsula threaten to overwhelm the stability of life there.

Dark as the story itself is, Mr. Kadare's prose, skillfully translated from the Albanian by John Hodgson, is elegant, witty, and deft. And with so many twists and turns in its carefully constructed plot, this political parable keeps the reader's interest to the very end.

]]> 1982 3 0 false Thu Apr 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Dec 09 05:21:12 -0800 2008 Wed Apr 22 19:35:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 31008111 726412 17896 1559707925 9781559707923 13 <![CDATA[The Three-Arched Bridge]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166854631m/17896.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166854631s/17896.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17896.The_Three_Arched_Bridge 3.72 94 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." The story itself parallels developments in modern-day Eastern Europe, with the bridge emblematic of a disintegrating economic and political order: just as mysterious cracks in the span's masonry endanger the structure and cast the local community into a morass of uncertainty, superstition, and murder, so the fast-changing conditions in the 14th-century Balkan peninsula threaten to overwhelm the stability of life there.

Dark as the story itself is, Mr. Kadare's prose, skillfully translated from the Albanian by John Hodgson, is elegant, witty, and deft. And with so many twists and turns in its carefully constructed plot, this political parable keeps the reader's interest to the very end.

]]> 1982 2 0 false Sat Aug 23 15:38:03 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 15:40:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 28063801 854049 17896 1559707925 9781559707923 13 <![CDATA[The Three-Arched Bridge]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166854631m/17896.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166854631s/17896.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17896.The_Three_Arched_Bridge 3.72 94 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." The story itself parallels developments in modern-day Eastern Europe, with the bridge emblematic of a disintegrating economic and political order: just as mysterious cracks in the span's masonry endanger the structure and cast the local community into a morass of uncertainty, superstition, and murder, so the fast-changing conditions in the 14th-century Balkan peninsula threaten to overwhelm the stability of life there.

Dark as the story itself is, Mr. Kadare's prose, skillfully translated from the Albanian by John Hodgson, is elegant, witty, and deft. And with so many twists and turns in its carefully constructed plot, this political parable keeps the reader's interest to the very end.

]]> 1982 3 0 false Wed Jul 23 10:33:42 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 10:35:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 36289193 438206 17896 1559707925 9781559707923 13 <![CDATA[The Three-Arched Bridge]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166854631m/17896.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166854631s/17896.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17896.The_Three_Arched_Bridge 3.72 94 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." The story itself parallels developments in modern-day Eastern Europe, with the bridge emblematic of a disintegrating economic and political order: just as mysterious cracks in the span's masonry endanger the structure and cast the local community into a morass of uncertainty, superstition, and murder, so the fast-changing conditions in the 14th-century Balkan peninsula threaten to overwhelm the stability of life there.

Dark as the story itself is, Mr. Kadare's prose, skillfully translated from the Albanian by John Hodgson, is elegant, witty, and deft. And with so many twists and turns in its carefully constructed plot, this political parable keeps the reader's interest to the very end.

]]> 1982 2 0 false Sat Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 03:19:01 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 03:19:01 -0700 2008 35459770 529204 17896 1559707925 9781559707923 13 <![CDATA[The Three-Arched Bridge]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166854631m/17896.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166854631s/17896.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17896.The_Three_Arched_Bridge 3.72 94 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." The story itself parallels developments in modern-day Eastern Europe, with the bridge emblematic of a disintegrating economic and political order: just as mysterious cracks in the span's masonry endanger the structure and cast the local community into a morass of uncertainty, superstition, and murder, so the fast-changing conditions in the 14th-century Balkan peninsula threaten to overwhelm the stability of life there.

Dark as the story itself is, Mr. Kadare's prose, skillfully translated from the Albanian by John Hodgson, is elegant, witty, and deft. And with so many twists and turns in its carefully constructed plot, this political parable keeps the reader's interest to the very end.

]]> 1982 2 0 false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 16 08:43:08 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 30 14:41:07 -0700 2009 36129766 82310 17896 1559707925 9781559707923 13 <![CDATA[The Three-Arched Bridge]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166854631m/17896.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166854631s/17896.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17896.The_Three_Arched_Bridge 3.72 94 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." The story itself parallels developments in modern-day Eastern Europe, with the bridge emblematic of a disintegrating economic and political order: just as mysterious cracks in the span's masonry endanger the structure and cast the local community into a morass of uncertainty, superstition, and murder, so the fast-changing conditions in the 14th-century Balkan peninsula threaten to overwhelm the stability of life there.

Dark as the story itself is, Mr. Kadare's prose, skillfully translated from the Albanian by John Hodgson, is elegant, witty, and deft. And with so many twists and turns in its carefully constructed plot, this political parable keeps the reader's interest to the very end.

]]> 1982 0 0 false Fri Oct 24 15:12:14 -0700 2008 Fri May 08 14:35:57 -0700 2009
not a fan of this bok. set in 1377 Alabania. also found out a co-worker I can't stand, that this is her favorite author. kind of killed it for me as petty as THAT is!]]> 7873736 553594 1235287 1860464637 9781860464638 2 <![CDATA[Three Arched Bridge]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182133732m/1235287.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182133732s/1235287.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1235287.Three_Arched_Bridge 3.72 94 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." The story itself parallels developments in modern-day Eastern Europe, with the bridge emblematic of a disintegrating economic and political order: just as mysterious cracks in the span's masonry endanger the structure and cast the local community into a morass of uncertainty, superstition, and murder, so the fast-changing conditions in the 14th-century Balkan peninsula threaten to overwhelm the stability of life there.

Dark as the story itself is, Mr. Kadare's prose, skillfully translated from the Albanian by John Hodgson, is elegant, witty, and deft. And with so many twists and turns in its carefully constructed plot, this political parable keeps the reader's interest to the very end.

]]> 1982 4 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Oct 17 23:24:09 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 17 23:24:09 -0700 2007 30773716 315607 17896 1559707925 9781559707923 13 <![CDATA[The Three-Arched Bridge]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166854631m/17896.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166854631s/17896.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17896.The_Three_Arched_Bridge 3.72 94 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." The story itself parallels developments in modern-day Eastern Europe, with the bridge emblematic of a disintegrating economic and political order: just as mysterious cracks in the span's masonry endanger the structure and cast the local community into a morass of uncertainty, superstition, and murder, so the fast-changing conditions in the 14th-century Balkan peninsula threaten to overwhelm the stability of life there.

Dark as the story itself is, Mr. Kadare's prose, skillfully translated from the Albanian by John Hodgson, is elegant, witty, and deft. And with so many twists and turns in its carefully constructed plot, this political parable keeps the reader's interest to the very end.

]]> 1982 4 0 false Thu Aug 21 07:07:40 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 07:08:29 -0700 2008 11870121 733960 17896 1559707925 9781559707923 13 <![CDATA[The Three-Arched Bridge]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166854631m/17896.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166854631s/17896.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17896.The_Three_Arched_Bridge 3.72 94 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." The story itself parallels developments in modern-day Eastern Europe, with the bridge emblematic of a disintegrating economic and political order: just as mysterious cracks in the span's masonry endanger the structure and cast the local community into a morass of uncertainty, superstition, and murder, so the fast-changing conditions in the 14th-century Balkan peninsula threaten to overwhelm the stability of life there.

Dark as the story itself is, Mr. Kadare's prose, skillfully translated from the Albanian by John Hodgson, is elegant, witty, and deft. And with so many twists and turns in its carefully constructed plot, this political parable keeps the reader's interest to the very end.

]]> 1982 4 0 false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jan 07 07:34:05 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 07 07:35:36 -0800 2008 31798984 71418 17896 1559707925 9781559707923 13 <![CDATA[The Three-Arched Bridge]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166854631m/17896.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166854631s/17896.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17896.The_Three_Arched_Bridge 3.72 94 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." The story itself parallels developments in modern-day Eastern Europe, with the bridge emblematic of a disintegrating economic and political order: just as mysterious cracks in the span's masonry endanger the structure and cast the local community into a morass of uncertainty, superstition, and murder, so the fast-changing conditions in the 14th-century Balkan peninsula threaten to overwhelm the stability of life there.

Dark as the story itself is, Mr. Kadare's prose, skillfully translated from the Albanian by John Hodgson, is elegant, witty, and deft. And with so many twists and turns in its carefully constructed plot, this political parable keeps the reader's interest to the very end.

]]> 1982 2 0 false Tue Sep 02 06:20:08 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 06:20:48 -0700 2008 82212682 3078506 17896 1559707925 9781559707923 13 <![CDATA[The Three-Arched Bridge]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166854631m/17896.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166854631s/17896.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17896.The_Three_Arched_Bridge 3.72 94 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." The story itself parallels developments in modern-day Eastern Europe, with the bridge emblematic of a disintegrating economic and political order: just as mysterious cracks in the span's masonry endanger the structure and cast the local community into a morass of uncertainty, superstition, and murder, so the fast-changing conditions in the 14th-century Balkan peninsula threaten to overwhelm the stability of life there.

Dark as the story itself is, Mr. Kadare's prose, skillfully translated from the Albanian by John Hodgson, is elegant, witty, and deft. And with so many twists and turns in its carefully constructed plot, this political parable keeps the reader's interest to the very end.

]]> 1982 2 0 false Sun Dec 27 15:34:54 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 27 15:34:54 -0800 2009 82151494 1818092 17896 1559707925 9781559707923 13 <![CDATA[The Three-Arched Bridge]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166854631m/17896.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166854631s/17896.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17896.The_Three_Arched_Bridge 3.72 94 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." The story itself parallels developments in modern-day Eastern Europe, with the bridge emblematic of a disintegrating economic and political order: just as mysterious cracks in the span's masonry endanger the structure and cast the local community into a morass of uncertainty, superstition, and murder, so the fast-changing conditions in the 14th-century Balkan peninsula threaten to overwhelm the stability of life there.

Dark as the story itself is, Mr. Kadare's prose, skillfully translated from the Albanian by John Hodgson, is elegant, witty, and deft. And with so many twists and turns in its carefully constructed plot, this political parable keeps the reader's interest to the very end.

]]> 1982 0 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Sat Dec 26 23:41:01 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 26 23:41:06 -0800 2009 78996863 1219933 17896 1559707925 9781559707923 13 <![CDATA[The Three-Arched Bridge]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166854631m/17896.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166854631s/17896.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17896.The_Three_Arched_Bridge 3.72 94 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." The story itself parallels developments in modern-day Eastern Europe, with the bridge emblematic of a disintegrating economic and political order: just as mysterious cracks in the span's masonry endanger the structure and cast the local community into a morass of uncertainty, superstition, and murder, so the fast-changing conditions in the 14th-century Balkan peninsula threaten to overwhelm the stability of life there.

Dark as the story itself is, Mr. Kadare's prose, skillfully translated from the Albanian by John Hodgson, is elegant, witty, and deft. And with so many twists and turns in its carefully constructed plot, this political parable keeps the reader's interest to the very end.

]]> 1982 4 0 false Wed Nov 25 17:09:17 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 25 17:09:17 -0800 2009 78347710 1160586 17896 1559707925 9781559707923 13 <![CDATA[The Three-Arched Bridge]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166854631m/17896.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166854631s/17896.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17896.The_Three_Arched_Bridge 3.72 94 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." The story itself parallels developments in modern-day Eastern Europe, with the bridge emblematic of a disintegrating economic and political order: just as mysterious cracks in the span's masonry endanger the structure and cast the local community into a morass of uncertainty, superstition, and murder, so the fast-changing conditions in the 14th-century Balkan peninsula threaten to overwhelm the stability of life there.

Dark as the story itself is, Mr. Kadare's prose, skillfully translated from the Albanian by John Hodgson, is elegant, witty, and deft. And with so many twists and turns in its carefully constructed plot, this political parable keeps the reader's interest to the very end.

]]> 1982 3 0 false Thu Nov 19 13:53:31 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 13:53:31 -0800 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2505424