the last book I ever read (The General of the Dead Army: A Novel by Ismail Kadare, excerpt five)

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

“So this job must bring back a lot of wartime memories for him.”

“It’s bound to,” the priest said. “And at moments like this singing is a spiritual need for these men. Can you conceive of any greater satisfaction for an old soldier than that of pulling his old enemies back up out of their graves? It’s like a sort of extension of the war.”