 The dead refused to stay dead in some of his novels. In others, ordinary people are endowed with extraordinary insights. He was fixated with Albania's fortresses, bridges, subterranean tunnels, blind alleys, an architect of the mind as much as of the sentence. I recall that during the seminar with Belos, I began by taking notes, but then started drawing and sketching in order to map this world, as if to create a key to unlock the mysteries.