Skanderbeg books to publish Nobel-winner’s books

TIRANA, Oct. 16 – Skanderbeg Books publishing house has been named the exclusive book publisher of the British writer, Doris Lessing, who won the Nobel prize for 2007 in literature.
Doris Lessing was this year’s Nobel winner of the literature prize as author of “The Golden Notebook.”
The 87-year-old Lessing, whose novels, short stories, memoirs and plays have reflected her own unexpected journeys across time, space and ideology, was praised by the Swedish Academy for her “skepticism, fire and visionary power.”
For at least one generation of women, “The Golden Notebook,” Lessing’s 1962 novel about a writer’s personal and political reckoning, was a moment of self-discovery comparable to “Catch-22” for anti-war protesters or “The Catcher in the Rye” for teenagers.
Lessing, almost two weeks short of her 88th birthday, is the oldest choice ever for a prize that usually goes to authors in their 50s and 60s. Although she continues to publish at least every other year, she has received little attention for her recent work and has been criticized as didactic and impenetrable.
“Skanderbeg books” will publish her books in Albanian. That was made possible immediately after she got the Nobel prize and following requests from local readers. Her first book will be ready for the Albanian readers at the beginning of next year, the publishing house said.