Në përthyerjen e bardhë (Gjumi mbi borë, Ridvan Dibra)
In the White Refraction (Sleep over the snow, Ridvan Dibra)

Summary/Abstract: The novel Sleep over the Snow by Ridvan Dibra, is well known for it’s special narrative. The author, possesses quite well the technique of postmodern writing, bringing in Albanian prose innovations that can not go unnoticed. The literate teacher in the village tries not to sleep in the snow. Sleep becomes his enemy in the place that whitewashes everywhere. The Cape of Hope has trapped him. While trying to keep his eyes open, memories of different people cross his mind, helping him not to sleep. You should not sleep, as in the middle of cold and frost, sleep can bring death. The teacher is warned about these passing moments and their risk. He has heard of the infamous snowfall, but experiencing it, is a whole other story. In my work, I intend to bring an analysis of the teacher's situation on the verge of the sweet sleep that snow brings and the two lines of narrative in this novel: the teacher stuck in the snow and the memories that come to mind, such as avoidance and rescue from the avalanche. These lines combine beautifully with each other, giving us a confession that becomes so alive that it seems to feel cold under the feet and the snakes of the wind collide in the face. The author claims to have confessed in the terms of a nod of consciousness, there on the verge, neither in sleep nor in dreams, among memories that have helped himstay awake. His story comes with sequences, fragments, once again in snow in the Cape of Hope and times between the avalanche of memories. The novel Sleep over the Snow puts the reader ahead of the difficult task of joining these confessional sequences and gives full freedom for his final interpretation.

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