Titujt
Poetry, p. 100, Botime Pegi – Published in France –
Këngë nga rruga e farkëtarëve – Songs from Blacksmiths Street
This book is a collection of songs whistled during a wandering between Geneva, Prizren, Pristina, Tirana, and Skopje. But it is more than that—it is a...
Short stories, published on line
You and other stories
Selected stories translated from Romanian and Albanian languages: The Uneaten Pages, Chess, The Elegant Manners of the Unseen, Dictionary, Triumphalus...
Novel, pages 109, Librarium Haemus
Home – What’s up, mate
‘Home’ is the story of an Albanian immigrant who is killed physically as well as metaphorically. Written in an archetypal Albanian languag...
Novel, pages 160, Naimi Publishing
Mortët – The Deathers
The powerful Morti family suddenly shuts itself off at home, convincing the city that they have left the country (Albania). The reasons for their esca...
Novel, pages 265, Naimi Publishing
Incógnito [Fragments from the life of guardians and vice versa]
Novel, pages 265, Naimi Publishing
Shortlisted at National Prize of Novel, Tirana 2016
In a western barracks that reminds one of exile, during an exil...
Winner of the PEN PROMOTES Award Novel, Marin Barleti, 2010 Pages 283, Istros Books, London 2012
Nëntëdhjetë e shtata – The False Apocalyps
With a foreword by the Guardian/Huffington Post journalist and author, Andrew Gumbel
“This unique and disturbing work concerns the events of 19...
Diary of prison Pages 334 Premio Alberto Moravia for the International Literature; “Fondo Moravia” Roma, Italy, 2002.
Në vitin e shtatëmbëdhjetë – In the Seventeenth Year
“Në Vitin e Shtatëmbëdhjetë” (In the Seventeenth Year) his diary of his seventeenth years in prison. The book has been published in Tirana...
Novel, written as a play, Barleti 1994 Pages 172
Ploja e mbrame – The Final Slaughter
Novel, written as a play, Barleti 1994
Pages 172
“Ploja e Mbrame” (The Final Slaughter), a novel in dramatic form which reworks the Oedipus l...
Memoire, Koha 2018 Pages 375
Ridënimi – Second Sentence
A documentary novel describing his second trial, published for the first time by Botime Përpjekja, Tirana, 1996. (The Second Sentence, I. B. Tauris, L...
Memoire, short stories, Scanderbeg books, 2021 Pages 223 Published by Istros Books, London 2022 “Een Gevangenisleven” Utrecht 2025
Jetë burgu – Like a Prisoner: Stories of endurance
Memoire, short stories, Scanderbeg books, 2021
Pages 223
Published by Istros Books, London 2022
“Een Gevangenisleven” Utrecht 2025
“Jetë burgu”...
Poetry, P. 114. Albas Publishing
Vrima – The Hole
“The Hole” is a bold and allegorical poetic journey that explores the female experience as a path of transformation—one that begins with an exodus fro...
Winner of European Union Literature Prize, 2024, Novel, p. 232, Onufri Publishing
Lindur së prapthi – Born Backward
Born Backward is an autofiction novel that follows the journey of a girl growing up in communist Albania, from early childhood to adulthood, as she na...
Novella, p. 85, Onufri Publishing
Mali i Qumështit – The Mountain of Milk
A woman in her late thirties, deeply passionate about the Alps, is expecting her first child after a long and intimate battle with her own body.
The s...
Winner of European Union Literature Prize, 2021 Published in Italy and Serbia. Novel, Magic Realism, p. 120, Botime Pegi 2021
Flama – The Plague
The Plague is a metaphor for contemporary Albania during a pandemic, symbolizing humanity’s gluttony and destruction of nature. In a chaotic Tir...
Novel, p. 160, Botime Pegi, 2017
Pa heronj, pa bujë – No heroes, no roaring
Published in Germany by Schenk Verlag
A story that crosses two times, two places, two different experiences that seem to be foreign to each other. Our...
Autobiographic novel, p. 576, Albas Publishing
Intervistë me vetveten – Interview with Myself
Interview with Myself by Petro Marko is one of the most significant autobiographical works in Albanian literature, offering a sweeping panorama of Alb...
Novel, p. 352, Albas Publishing
The Night of Ustica
In The Night of Ustica, Petro Marko transports readers to the harrowing world of a prison camp during World War II, based on his own experience...
Published in Italy, Novel, p. 454, Albas Publishing
The Last City
In The Last City, Petro Marko weaves a captivating and dramatic narrative set during the final days of the Italian occupation of Albania. As the fasci...
Novel, p. 645. Albas Publishing
Hasta la vista
Set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War, this gripping debut novel takes readers on an emotional journey through the eyes of international v...
Published in France and Albania. Novel, p. 208, Melani Publishing
The Mud
The Mud is a novel about a man trying to define his place in the world in the face of opposition, both imaginary and real. Alexandros or Santo, a seco...
Novel, Historical, p. 176, Onufri 2019
Bijat e gjeneralit – The General’s Daughters
Translated into Italian, Romanian and Greek.
The story revolves around the life of two twins, Marsina and Martina, daughters of an officer. The histor...
Published in Germany. Winner of the National Literature Award for 2018.
Gurët e vetmisë – The Stones of Solitude
The Stones Of Solitude is a novel set in a land caught between borders, where a small group of people struggles to rebuild their lives in a place tied...
Poetry, p. 128, Toena Publishing
Nitroglierinë – Nitroglycerin
Shortlisted for the National Literature Prize, Category of Poetry, Ministry of Culture.
Translated in Greek Language, published by “Eurasia” Publicat...
Poetry, p. 128, Toena Publishing
Oksimoron – Oxymoron
Shortlisted for the National Literature Prize, Category of Poetry, Ministry of Culture.
This poetry collection delves into the profound interpl...
Novella, Fantasy, p. 88, Dituria
Princeshëza e Hënës – The Little Princess of the Moon
The Little Princess of the Moon is a captivating, genre-defying tale that explores the unlikely friendship between two companions on the Moon: an adul...
Novel, 104 pages, Albas Publishing 2024
Tri tavernat – The Three Taverns
The Three Taverns is a darkly humorous and surreal novel set in the waning days of Albanian communism, in the late 1980s. In a crumbling regime desper...
Novel, Children book, p. 244, Dita Books
Tekno-Broni
Broni is an eight-year-old boy who lives in futuristic city where life is solely dependent on technology. Even the food is no longer natural, but a pr...
Novel, Children book, Mediaprint 2023
Mister Ash: Oazi i sekreteve – Mystery Ash: Oasis of Secrets
Two groups of pupils, from different schools, “AJ” Public School and “New Generation” private school, arrive in a summer camp abandoned for a long tim...
Novel, p. 366, Botime Pegi 2024
epope intime – intimate epic
Marla and Marini, cousins connected by a strong bond, leave Albania in 1995. He moves away to study aviation in Malta, while she pursues sociology on ...
Novel, Children book, Mediaprint 2022
Aria, fët e fët – Aria, As in the blink of an eye
Aria 2 – The orphanage where Aria and Rian live is flooded, so they temporarily go to live at Adele’s and Noldi’s apartment, an interesting coup...
Novel, Children book, p. 164, Mediaprint 2022
Aria: hidh e prit! – Aria: Thrown to the wind!
Aria, a ten-year-old girl, and her twelve-year-old brother Rain are placed in an orphanage after losing their parents in a car accident. The orphanage...
Short stories, p. 122, Botime Pegi 2019
Tregime të rinisë – Youth tales
Youth Tales it’s a compilation of ten different short stories with a common character named Mike. Sometimes he’s the protagonist, sometimes he ...
Novel, Noir, p. 210, Botime Pegi 2015
Dopio gjashta – Double Six
It is an Albanian detective novel. The protagonist, Bardhyl, is a former police officer who has decided to resign from the State Police and get a prof...
Novel, Dramma, p. 266, Botime Pegi 2012
Poetët bëjnë dashuri ndryshe – Poets love differently
Martin Ibrahimi is a young man graduated in Literature at the University of Tirana, a salesperson in an empty bookstore, but also leader and songwrite...
Botime Pegi, 2017
Dhunë e dhunti – Of gifts and violence
There must have been a crime in the house on Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles. There could have been. The wife could have done it. This doubt haunts the phi...
Novel, p. 224, Botime Pegi, 2024
I rënë nga qielli – Fallen from the Sky
In 1997, a mysterious group of Americans arrives in a chaotic Albania, set against explosions, kidnappings, and fear. “Fallen from the Sky”...
Novel, 184 pages, 2019, Published in Italy.
Ora e ligë – The Evil Hour
The Evil Hour: Set in a time when honor is defended through vengeance and love is considered shameful, the story follows Sali Kamati, a man compelled ...
Hide mbi kalldrëm – Jujube on the cobblestone
Set in 1930s Tirana, this story is an homage to the city’s past. Through vivid descriptions, the author paints a picture of the sights and smells of o...
Rrethimi – The Siege
During the First Balkan War, Shkodra is under siege, with bombardments and hunger threatening its people. Kolë Laca, a photographer, documents the cha...
Tokëmjalta – Soil of Honey
Why would Albanians who left their homeland in the early ‘90s want to return after two decades of absence? “For love”, answers Tokëmjalta. The novel i...