Haywire Lleshanaku Luljeta

Luljeta Lleshanaku belongs to the first post-totalitarianA" generation of Albanian poets. Through intense, powerful lyrics, she explores how these histories intertwine and influence her childhood memories and the retelling of her family's stories. In Haywire she turns to the fallout of her country's past and its relation to herself and her family.

Poetry Book Society Recommended Translation. Sorrow, death, imprisonment, and desire are some of the themes that echo deeply in Lleshanaku's beautiful poems.