This is where Bunty and I will be in mid-July

[snailrind]

It was a strange city, and seemed to have been cast up in the valley one winter's night like some prehistoric creature that was now clawing its way up the mountainside. Everything in the city was old and made of stone, from the streets and fountains to the roofs of the sprawling age-old houses covered with grey slates like gigantic scales. It was

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[uk_sef]

I've been in a couple of quite interlocking steep slanted places. One in Cornwall, I think.

Has any TV show or film been set in your one?

[snailrind]

Nice! I lived in one on Corfu too, but I do like this guy's writing. This intro to the book struck me as somewhat Gormenghasty, although later on it's more like Under Milk Wood.

A film was made of one of Kadare's books, which all seem to be set in this place, Gjirokaster. The film is called Le General de l'Armee Morte (The General of the Dead Army), but it doesn't seem to be available any more, sadly.