”Life Has Frozen In Albania”, A Creative Book Masterpiece

May 22, 2012 – Through brilliant and powerful writings in this collection of deep and subtle poems: “Life Has Frozen In Albania” carves diverse emotions and convey different messages to create a poetry book masterpiece.
This new publication of the Albanian-American poet, Sami Gjoka is a mournful piece of identity that captures everyone’s heart and mind.
“Life Has Frozen In Albania” is absolutely touching, amazing and heart wrenching collection of the finest written words; a battle ground between the demons of the dark forces and the divine celestial energy, inside every human shell. The verses within this compilation will inspire readers and provide peace for those who mourn their loses, acceptance for the truth of who they are – and understanding of their ultimate destiny.
Through amazing depiction of feelings, the tender poems about gentle passing in: “Life Has Frozen In Albania” will definitely make everything easier to understand.
Born in 1962 in Albania, Gjoka fled his native country and was arrested for border violation in 1990 by the Yugoslavian army and then was sent to a Macedonian prison, in the city of Ohrid.
After the fall of communism in Albania, which was marked by an outbreak of the embassies in Tirana, Gjoka was soon released from the Macedonian jail and was sent to a refugee camp in Padinska Skela, in Belgrade. Interviewed by the U.S. Embassy there, he won the right to political asylum. In 1996 Gjoka becomes a U.S. citizen.
In America, Gjoka would build a successful real estate company, but he never would lose his passion to write.
Gjoka has been continuously active in supporting the rights of his countryman, scattered in different parts of the Balkan states.
During the Kosova war, Gjoka’s essays, called upon the U.S. government to intervene in order to stop Kosova from becoming another Srebrenica.
Poems in this book are more or less a reflection of the author’s life experiences.