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Grotesque Alienation of Characters in Anton Pashku’s Stories
Grotesque Alienation of Characters in Anton Pashku’s Stories

Author(s): Marisa Kërbizi
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus

Summary/Abstract: „Anton Pashku (1937–1995) is one of the most modern Albanian writers. His way of writing is distinctive and original. He differs considerably from the greater part of Albanian literati, who in the near past followed the absurd rules of socialist realism. Pashku glorifies his personal hero, quite uncommon in Albanian Literature, an existential modern hero, masterfully depicted as dismantled and ugly, in his ordinary daily life. In most of his stories, Pashku brings forth characters, whose soul is”[…]

  • Issue Year: XII/2007
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 179-184
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English