East European Experiments

A U.S. Peace Corps volunteer writes about
how ordinary Albanians survived political
upheaval in 1997

I.
Leaving Home, Returning Home

"This was Albania, running away underneath us..."

II.
The Art of Losing Things

"Nobody likes to publicize their own stupidity..."

III.
Ladi's Story

"Not to discuss politics was to surrender to its inevitability..."

IV.
Media Vultures

"When faced with a dearth of information, a person assumes the worst..."