| Best European Fiction 2010, Edited by Aleksandar Hemon
“Albania is a country where no one ever dies. Fortified by long hours at the dinner table, irrigated by raki and disinfected by the hot peppers in our plump ever-present olives, our bodies are so strong that nothing can destroy them.” Stories often serve as cultural markers. In just a few words, Ornela Vorpsi manages to say something both satirical and profound about the Albanian psyche. It is an opening full of promise, not always lived up to, in this inaugural issue of an annual anthology.
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