Novel, p. 312, Botime Pegi, 2015
Soil of Honey is the story of a law student who becomes enamored of his Albanian-German neighbor recently repatriated after two decades abroad. His fascination leads him to confront his own family’s connection to two love stories: one harking from the brink of collapse of communist Albania’s relations with Russia, and another from the early ’90s. As the student navigates his emotions, the novel examines the influence of history on personal choices, love, and the burden of the past.