{"product_id":"the-siege-paperback-2","title":"The Siege - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIsmail Kadare\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Bellos\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eDavid Bellos\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the fifteenth century and war looms. The people of Albania have refused to negotiate with the Ottoman Empire and they know their fate is sealed. As they take refuge in a fortress in the mountains, the army arrives and prepares to lay siege to the Christian citadel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIsmail Kadare\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1936 in Gjirokaster, in the south of Albania. He studied in Tirana and Moscow, returning to Albania in 1960 after the country broke ties with the Soviet Union. Translations of his novels have since been published in more than forty countries, and in 2005 he became the first winner of the Man Booker International Prize. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Bellos\u003c\/b\u003e, Director of the Program in Translation at Princeton University, is also the translator of Georges Perec's \u003ci\u003eLife A User's Manual\u003c\/i\u003e and a winner of the Goncourt Prize for biography. He has translated seven of Ismail Kadare's novels, and in 2005 was awarded the Man Booker International Prize for his translations of Kadare's work.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 09, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42735700377663,"sku":"9781786893949","price":23.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/f8c808a79f631e7a77df65e6a4bd2ef9.webp?v=1765144388","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-siege-paperback-2","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}