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The Three-arched Bridge

Ismail Kadare

1978 · EN

When the construction of a bridge built to link the Balkans to Europe is repeatedly and mysteriously sabotaged, an old ballad starts making the rounds at local taverns. The bards sing of a legend – a woman immured in a castle wall to prevent it from falling. Some say the bridge is being damaged by local ferrymen, others blame the vengeful water spirits. But this is a town where terror and superstition reign and a solution must be reached. So it is decreed: a willing person must be plastered into the bridge…

Editions · 5

Paperback
1997 · Arcade Publishing
184 pp · EN
9781559703680
Paperback
1998 · Vintage Books
184 pp · EN
9780375700941
Paperback
1998 · Harvill Press
170 pp · EN
tr. John Hodgson
9781860464638
Paperback
2005 · Arcade Publishing
192 pp · EN
9781559707923
Paperback
2013 · Vintage Classics
176 pp · EN
tr. John Hodgson
9780099560883

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