The False Apocalypse: From Stalinism to Capitalism River Wolton FEATURE ON LEBANESE POETRY

FEATURE ON LEBANESE POETRY

Claire Malroux

Arnold Bennett

Winner of the inaugural Jane Martin Prize for Poetry

The False Apocalypse: From Stalinism to Capitalism River Wolton FEATURE ON LEBANESE POETRYThis unique and disturbing work concerns the events of 1997, a tragic year in the history of post communist Albania. After the worlds most isolated country emerged from Stalinist dictatorship and opened to capitalism, many people fell prey to fraudsters who invited them to invest in so called pyramid schemes. At the start of 1997, these pyramids crumbled one after another causing wide spead demonstrations and protests. The conflict became increasingly