The publishing house "Dukagjini" continues with the publication of the newest series of literary books, called "Anima".

After two previous collections, with essayistic, philosophical, historical books and those from Albanian literature, etc., this publishing house is continuing with this new collection, which is an excursion through the most famous authors and works of world literature.

With a well-thought-out editorial concept, with the selection of authors and translators, as well as with the special care of the editors of "Dukagjin", this column aims to focus the reader's attention on genuine world literature.

1- The series begins with the book "Krojcer's Sonata" by Leo Tolstoy.

This book, by the classic Russian author, deals with one of the most fundamental social issues, that of marriage, the problems that accompany it and the fluctuation of the individual between love, jealousy, and hatred.

The novel is accompanied by a preface, which explains the contextual environment in which it was conceived, while the afterword, written by Tolstoy himself, in addition to the circumstances of the creation of the novel, reveals the author's quite current ideas about social problems that affect and influence the institution of marriage.

2- The second book of the series is the novel "The Mysterious Disappearance of the Young Marquise De Loria", by the writer José Donoso.

Donoso, part of the Latin American boom, almost unknown to the Albanian public, is presented to the latter, with a book that, in addition to dealing with the most intimate desires of human beings, elevates eroticism to an artistic level.

This book is an invitation not only to an extremely important writer, but unknown to the Albanian reader, but also to his deepening in Latin American culture.

3- "Lady Macbeth from the governorship of Mcensk" by Nikolai Leskov, deals with "fatal love" and the tragic end of the heroine of this novel.

Starting from the title, the treatment of the characters and the tragic ending, the novel creates intertextual connections with Shakespeare's work.

Leskov, considered one of the most difficult authors to translate, due to an idiomatic language, comes to the Albanian reader for the first time.

4- "Meggull" by Miguel de Unamuno, is one of the best books of this author that brought great changes in world literature, either in terms of thematic treatment, or in terms of narratological innovations.

Unamuno's character is always in limbo, oscillating between dream and dream, between real and unreal, truth and untruth, etc., and through this narrative, the author deals with the biggest problem of human beings, the doubt in their own existence.

I think, that's why I am or I am, that's why I think, the Cartesian phrase becomes the leitmotif of this novel, which, in addition to the narratological game and the philosophical discourse, is accompanied from top to bottom with a sentimentality derived from the naivety of the main character, Augusto Perez.

5- "The Tightening of the Screw" by Henry James, categorized as a Gothic novel and full of suspense elements, due to the lexicon and syntax, is considered one of the most difficult works to translate.

"Tightening the Screw" transcends the "horror" setting to become an allegory.

6- "Notes of a Dead Man" by Mihaill Bulgakov is a timeless novel that can be adapted to any historical context, in which what is most vital for the artist, freedom, is suppressed.

7- "Maitreji" is the seventh book of the "ANIMA" series, written by Mircea Eliade, one of the greatest personalities, known worldwide, of the 20th century.

Eliade, researcher, theorist, philosopher and writer, in this novel, more than the erudition that characterizes his personality, is preoccupied with emotion and brings us a story as beautiful as it is painful love, which confronts two completely different cultures. different.

8- "The Poor Man of God", written by Nikos Kazanxaqisi, is the eighth book in a row of the ANIMA series.

Kazanxaqisi, known and appreciated all over the world, valued and adored by many other writers, with his literature, restored the splendor of ancient literature to Greece.

"The Poor Man of God" is the story of Francis of Assisi, the incomparable saint, who changed the way of thinking and approaching God.

A touching, deep, extraordinary narrative that, through the example of Francis' life, invites us to return to spirituality and humanity.

A book about the temporality of the flesh and the eternity of the soul, but above all about the eternity of literature.

"Anima" is an invitation, not for one type of reader in particular, but for the reader in general, for the one who is attracted by beauty, reminding us that it is always the right time to turn to art and it has true values. literary.

You can find the books in the "Dukajini" bookstore.


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