The Struggle for Scutari

by Mary Edith Durham

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376 pages, Hardcover

First published September 4, 2015

About the author

Traveller, artist and writer who became famous for her anthropological accounts of life in Albania in the early 20th century.

Reviews

[Polina Çeço · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ky është libri më i bukur i Durhamit për Shqipërinë!

Sigurisht, "Shqipëria e Epërme" është një ditar i mrekullueshëm dhe plot ngjyra, kurse "Brenga e Ballkanit" hedh një hap përpara në albanologji...

Mirëpo "Lufta për Shkodrën" është dëshmia personale e Durhamit për mizorinë në trajtimin e çështjes shqiptare nga fqinjët e vendit a Fuqitë e Mëdha në një stil dokumentar. Aty janë shqiptarët e së përditshmes, brengat e mendimet e tyre, shpresat, vuajtjet e nevojat të shkruara siç janë thënë.

Një dokument tejmase i vyer, që unë në të 26-at, si shqiptare, po e lexoj tepër vonë.

[Daniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very terrible recounting of the author’s experiences as a journalist, impromptu field nurse, and humanitarian during the Balkan war from 1910-1913. I had no idea the Montenegrins (and Serbians and even Greeks to an extent) tried to wholesale slaughter, starve, and torture the bordering Albanians to ethnically cleanse and claim their land. The depravity of man (and woman) really is bottomless and dehumanization is a hell of a thing. After taking part in crimes against man and humanity, the Serbians would face their own attempted genocide at the hands of the Croatian Ustaše regime during WWII. The Balkans have really had a harrowing history.

[Ujana Zajmi · Rating 5 out of 5]

what the fuck Montenegro

[GazMeti · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pas asnje dyshim, nje nder librat me te rendesishem te historise se re shqiptare.