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The Traitor's Niche (editie 2017)

door Ismail Kadare

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"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." --… (meer)

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Lid:	mjhunt
Titel:	The Traitor's Niche
Auteurs:	Ismail Kadare
Info:	Vintage Classics, Kindle Edition, 208 pages
Verzamelingen:	Jouw bibliotheek, Aan het lezen, Te lezen
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Trefwoorden:	2018, history, in-translation, surreal

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Did Not Finish. I just couldn't get into it, it's a slow-build. Very much in the character's heads than plot based. I wasn't feeling a pull from any of the characters to complete their journey. It was very eloquently written, and for a translation that can be a difficult feat. (

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monnibo | Dec 30, 2021 |

In the niche of a square in Constantinople is displayed an ever-changing series of decapitated heads. Observed by the crowds- a kind of chorus as they discuss current eventss - guarded by a young constable; ministered to by the doctor charged with its preservation; and transported by the Royal Courier, covering huge distances to bring the various heads home...
Kadare's story concerns Albanian Ali Pasha, a rebel leader, dismissive of his Turkish overlords and due for removal...and the two ill-fated Turks sent in two separate missions to bring him down. He describes a fictional, comic- yet entirely believable state strategy of returning a renegade nation back to compliance...
My second read by Kadare; sobering yet quite brilliant. (

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starbox | Jul 24, 2020 |

This was another of the literary fiction books to read with Wikipedia open in the background. I know little of Albania, and even less of it as an Ottoman province. Kadare carefully doesn't fill the space between Constantinople and Albania. Although set in the 1820s, the closest evocation for me is a feeling of Roman Britain; the uncultured, rebellious provinces entertained with a bodiless head and the sophisticated centre beauruacratically despairing of the management problems.

The head without a body works throughout as the metaphor for Albanian Pasha. Without the body to rise up, he's doomed to sit beheaded in the corner of a Constantinoplitan square.

Kadare was a fun read, and it sounds like he often riffs on Albania and Albanianness, so I'll hunt out some of his more famous works. God bless the ibrary again for floating up something a mile away from the Wishlist.

thenumeraltwo | Feb 11, 2020 |

A tale of the creeping paranoia of the Ottoman Empire, told with lyrical flourishes. Apparently, the Ottomans loved chopping off peoples heads! (

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markhopp | Jan 19, 2019 |

Another brilliant novel from Albaniann author, Ismail Kadare! In this satire of tyranny, the reader glimpses the absurdities of tyranny via a darkly witty and profound story about perpetual decapitations performed to quell rebellion in the Ottoman Empire, specifically Albania. The reader encounters Abdulla, who guards the Traitor's Niche where the heads are displayed, as well as the Caw Caw, a Directorate charged with the eradication of non-Turkish languages. I laughed out loud, shook my head, and was disturbed at the dark truths underlying this tale. Fabulous read! (

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Auteursnaam	Rol	Type auteur	Werk?	Status
Kadare, Ismail	—	primaire auteur	alle edities	bevestigd
Hodgson, John	Vertaler	Secundaire auteur	sommige edities	bevestigd
Kooy, Henne van der	Vertaler	Secundaire auteur	sommige edities	bevestigd
Röhm, Joachim	Vertaler	Secundaire auteur	sommige edities	bevestigd
Vrioni, Jusuf	Vertaler	Secundaire auteur	sommige edities	bevestigd
Zwart, Jan	Vertaler	Secundaire auteur	sommige edities	bevestigd

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De nis der schande

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Pashallëqet e mëdha

La niche de la honte

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De nis der schande : roman

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"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." --

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