Glimmer of Hope, Glimmer of Flame by Ag Apolloni (.ePUB)
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Glimmer of Hope, Glimmer of Flame by Ag Apolloni
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Overview: A unique voice from Europe’s newest country, rooted in its oldest literary traditions – now in English for the first time.
Glimmer of Hope, Glimmer of Flame is a documentary novel of the true tragedy of two mothers after the Kosovo War of 1999: one lost her whole family and continues to lay the table for them more than twenty years later; the other burned herself to death when the remains of two of her sons were returned. A mosaic of the evil fortunes of war and the painful consequences of peace, the novel echoes the eternal truths of ancient Greek tragedy as it tells the sorrows of modern war. It explores the meaning of motherhood, of family, and of home.
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Ag Apolloni is one of the most significant and distinctive Albanian-language writers of his generation, admired for his contemporary yet elegant prose and for the rich diversity of references that inform it. He has published three other novels: The Howl of the Wolf, Zazen, and Red Riding-Hood – a fairytale for grown-ups, as well as plays, poetry, and criticism. His works have been translated into various languages and won many prizes. Glimmer of Hope, Glimmer of Flame was declared Kosovo’s Novel of the Year 2020.
Genre: Fiction > General Fiction/Classics
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