Portrait Of Albania
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Albania
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Author : Clarissa de Waal
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2005-06-24
Albania written by Clarissa de Waal and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-06-24 with History categories.
Catapulted from totalitarianism to free market capitalism in 1991, Albania emerged from half a century of isolation to find itself an anomaly in Europe: a third world country economically and infra-structurally, first world in terms of education, literature and the arts. This portrait of Albania's 'transition' is based on the experiences of a diverse range of families highland villagers, urban elite, shanty dwellers - whose lives the anthropologist author has followed closely since 1992. Village life is conveyed in vivid detail. The villagers deal with the grinding poverty of village life with humour, charm and reslience. Rural life, despite concerted attempts by the communist regime to eradicate 'backwardness', is still pervaded by the archaic world of customary law, a system whose influence spans dispute settlement, forest rights, marriage arrangement and blood-feuds. In the capital, Tirana, members of the former communist elite are courted by innumerable missionary groups and
Portrait Of Albania
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
Portrait Of Albania written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Albania categories.
History and description of Albania.
Albania Today
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Author : Clarissa De Waal
language : en
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Release Date : 2005-06-24
Albania Today written by Clarissa De Waal and has been published by I.B. Tauris this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-06-24 with History categories.
"Catapulted from totalitarianism to free market capitalism in 1991, Albania emerged from half a century of isolation to find itself an anomaly in Europe: a third world country economically and infra-structurally, first world in terms of education, literature and the arts." "This portrait of Albania's 'transition' is based on the experiences of a diverse range of families - highland villagers, urban elite, shanty dwellers - whose lives the anthropologist author has followed closely since 1992. Village life is conveyed in vivid detail. The villagers deal with the grinding poverty of village life with humour, charm and resilience. Rural life, despite concerted attempts by the communist regime to eradicate 'backwardness', is still pervaded by the archaic world of customary law, a system whose influence spans dispute settlement, forest rights, marriage arrangement and blood-feuds." "Clarissa de Waal's new book is a history of economic, political and social transition based on the author's anthropological research. As such the reader sees the fundamental changes taking place in Albania from the perspective of the participants. Entertaining as well as informative, Albania Today will engage not just those interested in Albania and south-east Europe, but equally anyone with an interest in the impact on individuals and families of the economic and political transition." --Book Jacket.
Unfinished Portrait Of A Country
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Author : Peter R. Prifti
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Unfinished Portrait Of A Country written by Peter R. Prifti and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
This book offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of the past, present, and future of Albania. Prifti examines the lives of prominent Albanians and considers the nation's politics, economics, and the current situation in Kosovo. He also discusses the nation's traditional and contemporary literature.
Long Life To Your Children
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Author : Marjorie Senechal
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Long Life To Your Children written by Marjorie Senechal and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
The text includes introductory chapters on Albanian history and customs, as well as several photographic essays that convey a vivid sense of place. The book captures the beauty of the country, the warmth of the people and the rigors of contemporary Albanian life.
Albania Today
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Author : Clarissa De Waal
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Albania Today written by Clarissa De Waal and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Albania categories.
Albania
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Author : Clarissa De Waal
language : en
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Release Date : 2012-12-24
Albania written by Clarissa De Waal and has been published by I.B. Tauris this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-24 with History categories.
Albania is one of the youngest European states and the last country to emerge from the collapse of Ottoman Turkish power at the beginning of the 20th century. Underlying Albania's often-turbulent history is an extraordinary archaeological heritage of international significance, the evidence of which is to be found everywhere in the cities and countryside, hills and mountains. Each year, thousands of tourists visit Albania, drawn primarily to the vast archaeological site at Butrint - now almost forgotten, but viewed by historians as the Marseilles of its time as late as the Middle Ages - but also experiencing a number of the other archaeological and heritage sites which Albania has to offer, including Shkodra, Apollonia, and Berat. In addition to these sites, there are a number of lesser-known, but nonetheless exquisite sites and monuments which visitors are often unaware of. This guide provides a unique introduction to 50 of Albania's archaeological sites, enabling visitors to enjoy the best-known sites, but also to venture out to the more remote monuments, many in stunning locations. This book will lead the visitor in the footsteps of Odysseus, Caesar and Lord Byron, through Illyrian valleys and over breathtaking mountain passes to explore the beautiful country of Albania and its archaeological heritage.
Albania Through Art
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Author : Ferid Hudhri
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Albania Through Art written by Ferid Hudhri and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Albania categories.
The Doll
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Author : Ismail Kadare
language : en
Publisher: Catapult
Release Date : 2020-11-17
The Doll written by Ismail Kadare and has been published by Catapult this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-17 with Fiction categories.
In this autobiographical novel, Albania’s most renowned novelist and poet Ismail Kadare explores his relationship with his mother in a delicately wrought tale of home, family, creative aspirations, and personal and political freedom. “Houses like ours seemed constructed with the specific purpose of preserving coldness and misunderstanding for as long as possible.” In his father’s great stone house with hidden rooms and even a dungeon, Ismail grows up with his mother at the center of his universe. Fragile as a paper doll, she finds herself at odds with her tight–lipped and wise mother–in–law who, as is the custom for women of a certain age, will never again step foot over the threshold to leave her home. Young Ismail finds it difficult to understand his mother’s tears, though he can understand her boredom. She told him the reason herself in a phrase that terrified and obsessed the boy: “The house is eating me up!” As Ismail explores his world, his mother becomes fearful of her intellectual son—he uses words she does not understand, writes radical poetry, falls in love far too easily, and seems to renounce everything she believes in. He will, she fears, have to exchange her for some other superior mother when he becomes a famous writer. The Doll is a delicate and disarming autobiographical novel, an exploration of Kadare’s creative aspirations and their tangled connections to his childhood home and his mother’s tenuous place within it.
The Doll
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Author : Ismail Kadare
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2020-01-23
The Doll written by Ismail Kadare and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-23 with Fiction categories.
'A fascinating study of a difficult love' John Burnside, Guardian Young Ismail's world centres around his mother. Naïve and fragile as a paper doll, she is an unlikely presence in her husband's imposing house, with its hidden rooms and infamous dungeon. Yet despite her youthful nature, she is not without her own enigmas. Most of all, she fears that her intellectual, radical son will exchange her for a superior mother when he becomes a famous writer. From the winner of the first ever Man Booker International Prize, this is a disarming story of home and creative ambition, of personal and political freedom. Rooted in the author's own childhood in Albania, it is dedicated to the memory of his mother. 'Laconic, sinister and drily funny' Spectator