I rënë nga qielli – Fallen from the Sky

 

Novel, p. 224, Botime Pegi, 2024

Albania 1997. A strange and mysterious shipment of Americans arrives in an Albania in turmoil. Chaos, fear, explosions, kidnappings, will be the background and everyday life that will accompany them while solving a shocking riddle.
“Fallen from the Sky” is inspired by a true event, which merges with the author’s fantasy to faithfully show Albania on the edge of the abyss.
During World War II, an American plane crashes in a remote area of ​​Southern Albania and the entire crew disappears without a trace. Fifty years later, a group of Americans led by an Albanian wander through the madness of 1997 in search of the ghosts of the past.
The novel ruthlessly describes a difficult period in Albania’s history through a gallery of characters from street thugs to foreign diplomats.
Albania is at war, then it goes through peace as if it were at war, and finally enters war again.