Albania

[Ted Samsel]

Umbert sez:
> 
> > Nothing to do with culture/civilization: Albanian is just as isolated.
> > Ditto for Armenian.
> 
> Living in mountainous areas with no planes and motorways available
> can have that effect.

& for something Albanian, try some of Ismail Kadere's novels. His
newest in English is THE THREE-ARCHED BRIDGE. Pert near Pynchonian in
several ways.

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