{"product_id":"lightning-from-the-depths-robert-elsie-9780810124639","title":"Lightning from the Depths: An Anthology of Albanian Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf a people\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHave no poets\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd no poetry of their own\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor a National Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThen treachery and barking\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWill do the trick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith these words, a challenge is laid down in this new volume of Albanian poetry. Albania, however, has a dynamic tradition of literature. \u003ci\u003eLightning from the Depths\u003c\/i\u003e is the first English collection to present the full range of Albanian verse. Albanian literature has had many lives. The early Christian traditions disappeared as Islam and the Ottoman Empire took over. Muslim literature, too, withered when the nation strove to become an independent European country. The beginnings of a modern tradition were quashed by the Stalinists. All along this rocky path, poets have turned the political strife, poverty, and isolation their nation has often experienced into culture, both celebrating and questioning the society in which they live. \u003ci\u003eLightning from the Depths \u003c\/i\u003eopens readers' eyes to a new political and cultural world populated artists who can spin despair into poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Elsie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810124637\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810124639\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Robert Elsie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44079365456127,"sku":"9780810124639","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_66f571ad-b9fb-439a-8f86-2295781e5d31.jpg?v=1685480722","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lightning-from-the-depths-robert-elsie-9780810124639","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}