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The Fall of the Stone City
First edition cover showing Moche burial mask from Peru, A.D. 525–550.
AuthorIsmail Kadare
Original titleDarka e gabuar
TranslatorJohn Hodgson
CountryAlbania
LanguageAlbanian
Genrehistorical fiction, political fiction
PublisherOnufri
Publication date
2008
Published in English
2013
Pages176
ISBN978-0857860125

The Fall of the Stone City (Albanian: Darka e gabuar) is a 2008 novel by the Albanian writer Ismail Kadare. Apart from winning the Rexhai Surroi Prize for the best book of the year, in Kosovo[1] the novel was also shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in 2013.[2]

  1. ^ Kurti, Sunita (22 December 2009). "Kadare, fitues i çmimit "Rexhai Surroi" për roman". Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  2. ^ Flood, Alison (11 April 2013). "Independent foreign fiction prize 2013 shortlist announced". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 August 2017.

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