The novel opens with the description of cold clinical chambers, where a girl’s name is changed in her presence for a mysterious reason. Taking possession of the girl’s identity is a very violent act, which, together with the mystery, creates tens...

| 15/11/2009 Chloroform, the first novel of gifted author Klara Buda, makes us believe that the Albanian novelists are the latest promising phenomenon in the literary revival of our small Balkan country. Her novel brings back memories of Kundera’s ...

-Thoughts on Chloroform The fever of “testifying” about the past has taken over individuals, collectives and even government institutions. Unfortunately, these sanctioned truth campaigns have either failed or become ridiculous. The discussion o...

Edi Rama* welcome in New York, in the city whose urbanity may like by the former Mayor of Tirana Town Hall. Edi Rama: More than this. Is the city where freedom is breathed with the air! 1-KB: In an Albanian society tired by the “Status Quo”, you ...

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Kjo memesi, qe eshte shpesh shume e pranishme edhe ne vende te tjera te balkanit edhe ne origjine te shprehjes se Klloçkat e Ballkanit, ka bere qe per 17 te vjet, qe nga lindja e birit tim, kohen time me te mire, t’ja kem kushtuar rritjes dhe...

During 20 years working and leaving in Paris, in parallel with my work in Radio France Internationale, I followed especially almost every Albanian Cultural and Politic activity in France. I early understood the importance of Cultural Centers for the...

the poem was not written directly in English but the translation by the author himself transforms it into minor literature. © klarabudapost / minor literature. ©kb...