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02783aam a22004814i 4500 001 DBAF7C4E7C2A11E89F25433497128E48 003 SILO 005 20190328032346 008 171219t20182017cau e 000 1 eng 010 $a 2017055406 020 $a 1640090444 020 $a 9781640090446 035 $a (OCoLC)1003704507 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d TOH $d UAP $d IOU $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h alb 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-aa--- 050 00 $a PG9621.K3 $b K3413 2018 082 00 $a 891/.9913 $2 23 100 1 $a Kadare, Ismail, $e author. 240 10 $a Kamarja e turpit. $l English 245 14 $a The traitor's niche : $b a novel / $c Ismail Kadare ; translated from the Albanian by John Hodgson. 250 $a First Counterpoint edition. 264 1 $a Berkely, CA : $b Counterpoint Press, $c 2018. 300 $a 200 pages ; $c 22 cm 500 $a "First published with the title Kamarja e Turpit in 1978 by Naim Frashri Publishing House, Tirana" -- ECIP galley. 500 $a "First published in Albanian as PashalleÌqet e meÌdha by Naim FrasheÌri ©1978."-- title page verso. 546 $a Translated from the Albanian. 500 $a "Long-listed for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize"-- cover. 520 $a "At the heart of the Ottoman Empire, in the main square of Constantinople, a niche is carved into ancient stone. Here, the sultan displays the severed heads of his adversaries. People flock to see the latest head and gossip about the state of the empire: the province of Albania is demanding independence again, and the niche awaits a new trophy... Tundj Hata, the imperial courier, is charged with transporting heads to the capital--a task he relishes and performs with fervor. As he travels through obscure and impoverished territories, he makes money from illicit side-shows, offering villagers the spectacle of death. The head of the rebellious Albanian governor would fetch a very high price indeed. The Traitor's Niche is a surreal tale of tyranny and rebellion, in a land where armies carry scarecrows, state officials ban entire languages, and the act of forgetting is more complicated than remembering." -- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Beheading $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Albanian fiction $v Translations into English. 651 0 $a Turkey $x History $y Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Albania $x History $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Hodgson, John, $d 1951- $e translator. 941 $a 4 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20190212015524.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006115532.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20180712014937.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20180630010037.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DBAF7C4E7C2A11E89F25433497128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search