Bashkim Shehu

The Last Journey of Ago Ymeri

Übersetzer: Kristo, Diana Alqi

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In a remote Albanian village, a place of banishment, a stranger appears, claiming to be Viktor Dragoti and looking for his long-lost love. That Viktor Dragoti has been dead for nine years, killed by the Albanian coast guard while trying to swim to freedom, only adds to the stranger's mystery.

Produktdetails

• Writings from an Unbound Europ
• Verlag: Univ of Chicago Behalf Northwestern Univ Pres
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: März 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 214mm x 142mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 186g
• ISBN-13: 9780810121119
• ISBN-10: 0810121115
• Artikelnr.: 22331032

Autorenporträt

BASHKIM SHEHU is known for his essays "L'Automne de la peur" ("Autumn of Fear"), an account of the last months of the life of his father, Mehmet Shehu, the second-in-command in the communist regime during the years of Enver Hoxha. His position in favor of democracy earned him a lengthy imprisonment. Shehu now serves as a representative to the International Parliament of Writers and has lived in Barcelona, Spain since 1997 as part of the Asylum City program. His books have been translated into French, Italian, Spanish, and Catalan. DIANA ALQI KRISTO was born and raised in Tirana, Albania. She worked as professor of text analysis, translation, and interpreting at the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Tirana University for eighteen years. She now lives with her husband and two sons in Boston, Massachusetts and works as a freelance translator and interpreter for numerous international organizations.