A review by pearloz
The General of the Dead Army: A Novel by Ismail Kadare

4.0

Loved this book, love the concept--an Italian General and regimen sent to recover the bodies of Italian soldiers that died during the WWII invasion of Albania. The writing is spare and precise and makes the plot even more stark. The anecdotes related to the General were also startling--in particular the story of the brothel. And the final climactic scene at the wedding--with old lady Nice showing up with a literal bag of bones--was simultaneously beautiful and distressing.