The Three-arched Bridge (1997)

Ismail Kadare

Year:	1997
Authors:	Ismail Kadare
Pages:	200
Print type:	BOOK

Description:

A bridge under construction in 14th Century Albania is secretly sabotaged by ferry men who are afraid of being made redundant. Officially they blame a prophecy that no bridge will stand over the river without human sacrifice to the water spirits. So the builders immure a villager and the bridge gets built. A Balkan parable by the author of The Pyramid.