Book details: Name: in the tunnels of secret Albania — living among spies and fear at a time of dictatorship Author: Carlo Bollino ISNB: 9789928484208 Publication: February 2025 Page count: 231 Format: paperback Description: This book reveals the birth of a dictatorship and its survival in a small country. Unlike larger nations, where a regime's control struggles to reach the most remote corners of society, in Albania, the communist leader Enver Hoxha established a ruthless police system that penetrated every aspect of public and private life for 45 years, suppressing even the smallest expressions of freedom without hesitation.
This reconstruction is based on original documents from Albania's communist era, and observes the deep scars left by communist repression on modern Albanian society, which the author has witnessed firsthand for over 30 years. This compelling read provokes reflection on the fragile boundary between freedom and subjugation. Language: originally in Albanian, also available in Italian and English Link to book site: https://bunkart.al/2/slider/in-the-tu...
Name: in the tunnels of secret Albania — living among spies and fear at a time of dictatorship
Author: Carlo Bollino
ISNB: 9789928484208
Publication: February 2025
Page count: 231
Format: paperback
Description: This book reveals the birth of a dictatorship and its survival in a small country. Unlike larger nations, where a regime's control struggles to reach the most remote corners of society, in Albania, the communist leader Enver Hoxha established a ruthless police system that penetrated every aspect of public and private life for 45 years, suppressing even the smallest expressions of freedom without hesitation.
This reconstruction is based on original documents from Albania's communist era, and observes the deep scars left by communist repression on modern Albanian society, which the author has witnessed firsthand for over 30 years. This compelling read provokes reflection on the fragile boundary between freedom and subjugation.
Language: originally in Albanian, also available in Italian and English
Link to book site: https://bunkart.al/2/slider/in-the-tu...