15 Entretien AP My mother was already pregnant when she and my father left the Balkans and crossed Europe to go to France. You could al- most say I was a parcel of smuggled goods for this whole journey. When I was born my parents were not integrated into...
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15 Entretien AP My mother was already pregnant when she and my father left the Balkans and crossed Europe to go to France. You could al- most say I was a parcel of smuggled goods for this whole journey. When I was born my parents were not integrated into French society at all, they were still completely immersed in the Al- banian culture and traditions. So my Albanian origin did indeed count a great deal in my life, and my entire childhood was suffused with the traditions, customs and habits of the Balkans. Moreover, this was a time when Albanian emi- grants were arriving in number; many of them took shelter with us for a few days to give them- selves time to find something better, to settle in France, for example, or somewhere else. As for my parents, their mind was full of the American dream, just like so many others at that time. They’d left Albania with the hope of getting as far as America one day. They had waited a long time for their visas and then, when they finally arrived, th
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