The Siege

Compared to [bc:The Pyramid 17899 The Pyramid Ismail Kadare https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348763532s/17899.jpg 19391] this one is much better. I have always been a sucker for Ottoman history and while this is a semi-historical novel at best, it does base itself in a larger than life myth of Skanderberg and the Ottoman - Albania conflict which both were very real. Like in the “pyramid” the behind the lines critique of the soviet system becomes evident, but in the siege the story comes closer to a universal reader. The characters, the horror and the headlessness of people especially in a devine mob are much more intrestingly portrayed as in the “pyramid”. Ps. Only read this because of laziness of transferring books to my kindle. Otherwise i might never have known that Kadare can do better.