"That was us, and the ritual of reconciliation between our souls could not be described more beautifully—late at night and early in the morning, when the hands leave their clocks and time is nothing but a detail, a blemish on the visage of a planet whose very rotation you make me question any time I gaze into your eyes."
- She Who Remains (pg.146)
A tale of identity and love, She Who Remains is a novel that achieves the feeling of what it means to die for love. Set in a village in rural Albania, Bekija—later known as Matija—is a girl born unwanted. Daddy’s boy, a phrase often mentioned, reflects the expectations and longing of Bekija to become a boy. His father Murash—who in the opening scene immediately dies—often ignore his two children, he is a character made to project the societal expectations and norms of the Kanun—an archaic law practiced in rural Albania—which reflects in the modern culture as societal expectation put on sexuality and gender roles of femininity and masculinity.