The Accident

Name: The Accident
Brand: Canongate Books
SKU: 9781847673404
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By (author): Ismail Kadare

Translated by: John Hodgson

Why did the taxi crash on the autobahn in Vienna?

Who exactly were Besfort Y and Rovena, the mysterious couple who died after being flung from the back seat?

How was Besfort connected to the war in the Balkans? And why was his affair with Rovena clouded in jealousy and mistrust?

Who wanted them dead?

This is the story of the last forty weeks of their lives - a fever dream where love and obsession collide.

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Product Details

Weight: 184g
Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
Publication Date: 05 May 2011
Publisher: Canongate Books
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781847673404

About Ismail Kadare

Born in 1936 Ismail Kadare was Albania's best-known poet and novelist. Translations of his novels have appeared in more than forty countries. In 2005 he won the inaugural Man Booker International Prize for 'a body of work written by an author who has had a truly global impact'. He is the recipient of the highly prestigious 2009 Principe de Asturias de las Letras in Spain. He died in 2024 aged 88.