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Xhenet Aliu

    Xhenet Aliu crea racconti che sono sia acutamente divertenti che profondamente osservatori, esplorando le complessità della vita familiare e la ricerca di appartenenza all'ombra del declino industriale. La sua prosa possiede una particolare acutezza, addentrandosi in temi di eredità e identità culturale con uno stile che è sia incisivo che profondamente empatico. I personaggi di Aliu lottano con il loro passato e le loro realtà presenti, rivelando i complessi paesaggi emotivi di coloro che navigano tra tradizioni ereditate e mondi in evoluzione. Il suo lavoro offre una voce distintiva, caratterizzata dal suo spirito e dal suo sguardo inflessibile sulla condizione umana.

    Brass
    • Brass

      • 478pagine
      • 17 ore di lettura

      A waitress at the Betsy Ross Diner, Elsie hopes her nickel-and-dime tips will add up to a new life. Then she meets Bashkim, who is at once both worldly and naïve, a married man who left Albania to chase his dreams--and wound up working as a line cook in Waterbury, Connecticut. Back when the brass mills were still open, this bustling factory town drew one wave of immigrants after another. Now it's the place they can't seem to leave. Elsie, herself the granddaughter of Lithuanian immigrants, falls in love quickly, but when she learns that she's pregnant, Elsie can't help wondering where Bashkim's heart really lies, and what he'll do about the wife he left behind. Seventeen years later, headstrong and independent Luljeta receives a rejection letter from NYU and her first-ever suspension from school on the same day. Instead of striking out on her own in Manhattan, she's stuck in Connecticut with her mother, Elsie--a fate she refuses to accept. Wondering if the key to her future is unlocking the secrets of the past, Lulu decides to find out what exactly her mother has been hiding about the father she never knew. As she soon discovers, the truth is closer than she ever imagined.

      Brass