The country where no one ever dies / Ornela Vorpsi ; translated by Robert Elsie and Janice Mathie-Heck.
2009
PQ4922.O77 P3413 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
The country where no one ever dies / Ornela Vorpsi ; translated by Robert Elsie and Janice Mathie-Heck.
Author
Vorpsi, Ornela.
Uniform Title
Paese dove non si muore mai. English
ISBN
9781564785688 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1564785688 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1564785688 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Publication Details
Champaign [Ill.] : Dalkey Archive Press, 2009.
Language
English
Language Note
Translated from the Italian.
Description
109 p. ; 21 cm.
Call Number
PQ4922.O77 P3413 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
853/.92
Summary
A young girl's father constantly forces her to kiss him, and her aunt predicts that she will grow up to be a whore. With Albania's communist regime crumbling around them, sex, dictatorship, and death are inescapable subjects for the girl and her family.
Note
"Originally published in Italian as Il paese dove non si muore mai by Giulio Einaudi editore, 2005."--T.p. verso.
Added Author
Elsie, Robert, 1950-2017.
Mathie-Heck, Janice, 1950-
Mathie-Heck, Janice, 1950-
Series
Albanian literature series.
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