Ornela Vorpsi
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Yleistieto
- Syntymäaika
- 1968-08-03
- Sukupuoli
- female
- Kansalaisuus
- Albania
- Syntymäpaikka
- Tirana, Albania
Jäseniä
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Une histoire qui aurait pu être sympa si elle n’eut-été aussi ennuyeuse.
Une fille qui habite avec sa mère magnifiquement belle. Le père a disparu, emprisonné par le régime et la mère déjà instable disjoncte de plus en plus.
Rarement drôle et plutôt lassant
Une fille qui habite avec sa mère magnifiquement belle. Le père a disparu, emprisonné par le régime et la mère déjà instable disjoncte de plus en plus.
Rarement drôle et plutôt lassant
A "description" of the country of Albania, written in novella form. I believe it was written in the stream of consciousness manner. The author describes, from her vantage point, scenes from daily life in Albania. I found it to be really creepy in spots, such as "my father kissed me on the lips and called me his good little whore." I neither liked nor disliked this book passionately, so I'm rating it 3 stars (average), but I wouldn't necessarily recommend it. 109 pages
La mano che non mordi è notevole.
È un modo di dire albanese – La mano che non puoi mordere la baci – per dire che quando si è alla presenza di una persona che ci vuole sopraffare (in Albania molti uomini verso le donne)
l’unico modo di ribellarsi è baciare la mano per sdegno.
È un modo di dire albanese – La mano che non puoi mordere la baci – per dire che quando si è alla presenza di una persona che ci vuole sopraffare (in Albania molti uomini verso le donne)
l’unico modo di ribellarsi è baciare la mano per sdegno.
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"Another consequence is fearlessness, although this might be caused by our people's flattened, malformed craniums - the seat of indifference - or a simple lack of conscience."
The book is a collection of vignettes whose common theme is bleakness and bitterness. The best one in my view recounted a childhood duel with a friend using long white "swords" they found in a vase in the back of the garden of their home. Her grandmother freaks out when she sees them and makes them stop. Vorpsi writes:
"Our interrupted duel remained a mystery for years. We were already grown-ups when we learned that we'd been playing with the bones of our uncle, the one we'd never known because Mother Party had executed him when he was seventeen."
The fractured narrative probably mirrors Albania's fractured society and all, but it doesn't give the reader more than a surface understanding of these people or the country they inhabit.… (lisätietoja)