An Albanian Journal

From the history of brigand ruler Ali Pasha, to the ‘semi-divine’ nature of ‘the guest’ laid down in the Kanun, Albanian myth and folklore live on in the present day. In these pages we discover the mountains of the Via Egnatia, the coast of the limpid Ionian Sea, the old Ottoman houses of Gjirokaster and the classical ruins of Butrint. Above all, we encounter Tirana in its brief time of transition, a city edged with chaos, rumour and danger.