Join us for an evening of reflection and dialogue with distinguished speakers, exploring migration, identity, leadership, and the personal cost of ambition through an engaging and thought-provoking discussion.
On a quiet Greek island, in the later years of his life, Tani begins to remember. A news report of a migrant shipwreck in the Aegean unlocks a flood of memories of his parents’ journey from Albania to Greece, of his own migrations to London and later to America, of friendships, love, ambition, and the quiet compromises that shape a life.
What unfolds is the portrait of a restless man who refused to accept the limits imposed on him. From the margins of society to the pinnacle of political power, his ascent to the office of Prime Minister is as accidental as it is inevitable. Yet power does not bring peace. As he confronts economic crisis, political hostility, and scandal, his deepest battles remain internal: questions of loyalty, identity, freedom, and the cost of success.
Moving across Albania, Greece, the United Kingdom, and the United States, the novel weaves personal memory with political history, revealing how migration is not a single event but a lifelong condition; a state of being suspended between homelands, ideals, and selves.
'In Between' is a story of ambition and belonging, of exile and return, and of a man who, even at the height of power, remains suspended between the life he lived and the one he imagined.
This event will bring together distinguished speakers from the worlds of politics, academia, and public life for an evening of reflection and dialogue. Beyond a traditional book presentation, the event aims to create a genuine, living discussion on migration, identity, leadership, and the personal cost of ambition. Through short interventions and an open exchange with the audience, the evening will invite debate, disagreement, and thoughtful engagement, transforming the themes of the novel into a broader conversation about belonging, power, and responsibility in today’s world.
