The Siege

PRAISE FOR THE SIEGE

Winner of the Man Booker International Prize

“Extraordinary: an epic with the force of myth and the delicacy of a miniature. … You could read The Siege every year for a lifetime and find something new each time … a masterpiece.”

— The Telegraph (UK)

“A thought-provoking book and a fine introduction to Kadare’s large body of work.”

— Winnipeg Free Press

“Kadare’s attention to detail is remarkable…. Another impressive work from one of the world’s finest writers.”

— The Herald (UK)

“The urgent gestures towards something that’s not quite said some-how make the story linger in the mind long after the regime under which The Siege was written went the way of the empire it dreams back to life.”

— The Guardian (UK)

“The writing is lean, dressed sparingly with some vivid metaphors…. After the weight of anxiety and anticipation, Kadare catches us up in the rush, panic and horror of battle. … [He] knows, too, that a well-told tale withstands any attack on it. … The Siege lives on for good reason.”

— The Globe and Mail

“An impressively decorative novel in which war is at once horrible and beautiful, in which we see vividly the smashing of bodies to pulp and shattered bone and the waving of a thousand jewelembroidered banners.”

— Time Out London