Broken April
by:
Ismail Kadaré (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780941533577 (0941533573)
Publish date: June 4th 1998
Publisher: New Amsterdam Books
Pages no: 216
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
European Literature,
Book Club,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Contemporary,
Albanian Literature
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...
It's Gjorg's turn to murder a man in the blood feud. There are many rules to be adhered to in the Kanun, the codex that governs life in the mountains of Albania. How to proceed with the murder, how to deal with it's aftermath, the cost of a missed attempt... We learn about this from Gjorg as he cons...
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...
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...
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