Two IrishAmerican scholars from Harvard journey to Albania in the 1930s with a tape recorder in order to record the last genuinely oral epic singers. Their purp... » 

Two IrishAmerican scholars from Harvard journey to Albania in the 1930s with a tape recorder in order to record the last genuinely oral epic singers. Their purpose they say is to show how Homers epics might have been culled from a verbal tradition. But the local Governor believes its an elaborate spying mission and gets his own spy to follow them. The two dedicated scholars realise only tool late that they have stumbled over an ants nest. This simple tale by Albanias most eminent and gifted novelist serves to lift the veil on one of the most secret and mysterious countries of modern Europe. Two IrishAmerican scholars from Harvard journey to Albania in the 1930s with a tape recorder in order to record the last genuinely oral epic singers. Their purpose they say is to show how Homers epics might have been culled from a verbal tradition. But the local Governor believes its an elaborate spying mission and gets his own spy to follow them. The two dedicated scholars realise only tool late that they have stumbled over an ants nest. This simple tale by Albanias most eminent and gifted novelist serves to lift the veil on one of the most secret and mysterious countries of modern Europe. «