by Ismail Kadaré
Broken April is an almost meditative look at a blood feud that is strictly adhered to by those in the Albanian mountains. While it’s about a seemingly inhuman way to settle disputes (bloodshed), it is told in an entirely human way. Successive generations had been accustomed to the feuds from their...
Last year, I made a goal of “reading around the world,” an effort to read at least one book from every country. I'm not working down the list regionally or alphabetically. I'm not oversaturating my reading list all at once with these titles. I'm just making a conscious effort to explore the world th...
This book written by one of the most famous Albanian writers of our time takes the reader back into the Balkan past when blood feuds were still common in the remote highlands... less than a hundred years ago. It’s 17 March when twenty-six-year-old Gjorg Berisha from the village Brezftoht lies in w...
Broken April is about the Kanun, an ancient Albanian ritual of the blood feud which for centuries has claimed thousands of lives. It is about honour rather than vengeance. One murder must be avenged with another – and then that murder must to be avenged and this can go on until every man from that f...
"Broken April" is a haunting story with an out of time charm. There are not many novels around with such a simple and yet powerfully evocative style. More than the plot in itself what counts here is the atmosphere Kadare is able to recreate.I actually perceived the mist and the cold as well as the b...
BROKEN APRIL186046503x9781860465031Albaniapaperbackspring 2012pub 1978translation (by whom is not stated)revengetbr busting 2012HistoryLifestylesFamiliesFilthy LucrePronounciation guideOpening: His feet were cold, and each time he moved his numbed legs a little he heard the desolate grating of pebb...
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