
"A literary vision or warning of what Albania can become tomorrow, with the minds of the locals who today 'knock' to leave, and the foreigners who come... Ben Blush's "Conspiracy" is one of the new publications, which is attracting readers during these days of the Book Fair.
" Yes, you are right, in fact it is more of a warning than a prediction. It is a literary appeal not to abandon Albania. Because Albania has lost more than one million inhabitants in 30 years, and with a similar projection, I may lose the same amount in the next 20 years, if we enter the European Union, the tendency to leave will be higher", he said . writer Ben Blushi for Report TV.
In the Albania of 2043 projected in Blushi's "Conspiracy", there are over 200 thousand Afghans, Shengjin is even referred to by the characters as an Afghan city. The author seeks, among other things, to harass "those who can prevent the events of the novel from actually happening". The further he extends into the future, the more shrunken the Albania he imagines, and the more fragile the ethnicity.
" I have tried to build an imaginary Albania. It is normal that in a country where so many people leave, others will come. Which could be Afghan in my case, could be African, as it seems, Syrian, Iranian, from the poorest countries. In this case this is the plot! ", he says further.
A three-dimensional journey, that of Blush, where the characters of the past bring similar potential situations, characters like the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania Rauf Fico, whose grandson Rauli, hides something, while he is elected Prime Minister. Meanwhile, with the Afghans coming to the country and post office, Albania from an occupied country starts to be discussed as an invader. In the middle of the conflict between local Albanians and foreigners, there is also Kosovo, while America and Russia as superpowers, with the support they give to Mohamed Durrani and the young Leon Trotsky, disturb the situation. Today's diplomatic panorama can be overturned.
" In the developments taking place in Albania and everywhere in the world, the two superpowers that have dominated this century, America and Russia, have their own influence. And the fact that we were freed from communism, that is, we escaped from the Soviet umbrella, caused the influence of the other superpower, America, which has dominated the world in recent years. And the clash of superpowers creates tensions in the world, these tensions have their costs, sometimes it happens in war, somewhere in integration, etc. ", it is further stated.
The horrendous project-proposal of the 1930s, to create a Jewish state in Albania, is deliberately revealed to the reader.
" It was a project, at the beginning of the last century, where the Jews of the whole world, who lived in different countries, started to 'bake' the idea for a state of their own, which they created, Israel in the land of Palestine. But before going to this point, they considered several other options, one of them was for Albania to become a Jewish state and this happened in 1935 when it was proposed by an English journalist of Jewish origin. This did not happen, but imagine if it had happened... If it had happened we would be an Israel maybe. But fate did not happen and we are an Albanian state ", he says further.
While Blushi tries to save the Albanians, neutralizing them from the conflict and interests of the superpowers...
" The only solution of the peoples is for the peoples to live in peace while doing their best for the superpowers to live in peace because the biggest conflict arises from the superpowers... ", he says.
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