The General of the Dead Army

Ismail Kadare
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This is the story of an Italian general, accompanied by his chaplain, charged with the mission of scouring Albania in search of the bones of their fallen countrymen, killed twenty years earlier during World War II.
Genres: FictionHistorical FictionAlbanian LiteratureClassicsLiteratureNovelsWar20th CenturyHistoricalWorld War II
256 Pages

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