Elisa Spiropali has just let us know that she has read Lea Ypi's latest novel, Indegnity. Of course, she didn't tell us much about the content, but she heaped praise on us. However, her language was more reserved than when she talks about Edi Rama – because, at the end of the day, Lea Ypi is simply the facade that Elisa needs to appear intellectual. If you scratch it a little, you can clearly see the customs banknotes that helped her change her outer clothing, but not the way she thinks and servilely.
And yet, here's what Elisa Spiropali writes in a long sentence for Indegnity:
"The novel dedicated to her wise and loving grandmother, and through her to our common destiny, is a large table, around which sit Albanians who love reading, patriots, admirers of serious literature, eager to know, learn and dream, who are being treated to everything that keeps the human, civic, intellectual spirit alive and everything else that is needed by those who seek progress, understanding, dignity and prosperity. On Lea Ypi's table-novel, there is not meat and pilaf laid out, but Albanian spiritual food, bread and salt and heart..."
(and continues with the same hymn-like tone that he usually reserves only for Edi Rama.) Is it true that meat with pilaf is a foreign dish and not beloved by Albanians?
Since some cold currents have recently been flowing in the relationship between Edi Rama and Lea Ypi, it seems that Elisa has taken over the flag of the prime minister's intellectual court. Now the leftist philosopher Ypi will have to make do with promoting Indegnity only with Rama's most loyal servants, led by Elisa. Far be it from Ulsi to write a status for Lea's book
Because while the first book was greeted with applause and prime ministerial blessings, now it seems the show will have a reduced cast. And Lea will have to make do with a small servile chorus, ready to mix literature with the hymns of power.
