From the late 19th century to the post-communist period, Albanian and Georgian political and intellectual elites have attributed hopes to 'Europe, ' yet have also exhibited ambivalent attitudes that do not appear likely to vanish any time soon. A systematic account of how Albani…
Ismail Kadare has experienced a life of controversy. In his own country and internationally he has been both acclaimed as a writer and condemned as a lackey of the Albanian socialist dictatorship. Coming of age after occupation and war, Kadare (b.1936) belonged to the first gene…
