Indignity - A Life Reimagined

<An imaginative investigation into dignity and historical injustice through the story of a family from the fall of the Ottoman Empire to the dawn of Communism in the Balkans<<
<''There must be hope somewhere, between memory and imagination. Perhaps it takes the form of faith in the redeeming power of art.''<

When Lea Ypi discovers a photo of her grandmother, Leman, honeymooning in the Alps in 1941 posted by a stranger on social media, she is faced with unsettling questions. Growing up, she was told records of her grandmother''s youth were destroyed in the early days of communism in Albania. But there Leman was with her husband, Asllan Ypi: glamorous newlyweds while World War II raged.

What follows is a thrilling reimagining of the past, as we are transported to the vanished world of Ottoman aristocracy, the making of modern Greece and Albania, a global financial crisis, the horrors of war and the dawn of communism in the Balkans. While investigating the truth about her family, Ypi grapples with uncertainty. Who is the real Leman Ypi? What made her move to Tirana as a young woman and marry a socialist who sympathized with the Popular Front while his father led a collaborationist government? And why was she smiling in the winter of 1941?

By turns epic and intimate, profound and gripping,

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Lea Ypi, Ypi Lea
• Editore: Allen Lane
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 04.09.2025
• EAN: 9780241661925
• ISBN: 978-0-241-66192-5
• Pagine: 336
• Dimensioni: 138 mm x 222 mm x 40 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > XX° secolo (fino al 1945); European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Political science & theory, Family history, tracing ancestors, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Albania, General and world history, Political science and theory, Biography: historical, political and military, Political ideologies and movements, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Family History & Genealogy