Author: Bessa Myftiu
Publisher: Fayard - Published: January 2011
ISBN: 9782213655819 - Price: 18,50 €
About the author
Ph.D. in education, Bessa Byftiu is a poet, translator, screenwriter and novelist. Born in Tirana, she now lives in Switzerland, where she teaches at the University of Geneva. She chose the French language for writing.
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bind the penis in the zipper of his pants and see a divine warning for abstinence, to prescribe antibiotics in anticipation of her cat her own miscarriage, recite poetry enthusiasts Ismail Kadare in the middle of Abba songs, go buy a sheep for a feast and come face to face with a Soviet tank ... These were the large and small mishaps that were exposed young lovers in Albania at the time of communisme.Légendes and superstitions of a bygone age, archaic patriarchal structure and uncompromising morality of socialist progress, finally everything is blended to produce the same precepts: get virgin at marriage (for girls), avoid misalliances (boys), follow the recommendations of his parents rather than the impulses of his heart (in all cases).
Felt
built in three parts, this novel tells us the first loves of three Albanian girls, stuck at the airport to get to the wedding of their mutual friend.
Firstly, it is evident in an unknown environment, that of Albania, where women have less freedom, and in a communist country. The first of three daughters was married and has one son. She falls in love with a man who will never marry her, impure woman, since no longer a virgin. His story is quite sad, even if at the end, this game is full of surprises, and the opportunity to learn more about the context.
Other parties are also interesting, particularly the second is full of humor, and it ultimately joyful novel, which reads easily and handles a few of the countries of eastern and culture.
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