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The end of the story – and the beginning

Ranveig Eckhoff
Review written by Ranveig Eckhoff
Free: Growing up at the end of the story
Forfatter: Lea Ypi
Forlag: Suhrkamp Verlag, (Tyskland)
FREEDOM / 'University' was a code word for prison, completing the exam meant serving a prison sentence. Albania's transformation was thorny. On the altar of freedom, factories went bankrupt, jobs disappeared, thousands fled to Italy on overcrowded ships.




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