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The Concert (Kadare)

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The Concert
First edition
AuthorIsmail Kadare
Original titleKoncert në fund të dimrit
LanguageAlbanian
GenreHistorical
Set inAlbania
PublisherNaim Frashëri Publishing House
Publication date
1988
Publication placeAlbania
Pages556 pages

The Concert is a 1988 historical novel by Ismail Kadare. Originally titled Koncert në fund të dimrit (transl.The Concert in the End of Winter) in Albanian, the novel treats the events leading to the break in Albanian-Chinese diplomatic relations in the period 1972–1978.[1]

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  1. ^ Sarvepalli Gopal History of Humanity Vol. VII The Twentieth Century 9231040839 2008 "The Albanian writer Ismail Kadaré is quite prolific. his novel The Concert, 1988, at once tragic, burlesque, poetical, and metaphysical, based on the relations between Beijing and albania, is considered his masterpiece."