I found this an interesting, yet strange read. I'm not sure if this was down to the translation, or the style of the original text. It is set in 1943, at the time when Mussolini and the Nazis parted ways and Albania found itself abandoned by the Italians, leaving the country wide open for Nazi invas...
A wild ride - originally published in Albanian in 2009. Set right before the demonstrations that would signal the fall of communism in Albania, but still firmly within the grasp of dictatorship and its bureaucracy, playwright Rudian Stefa meets a lovely young woman at a book signing after a performa...
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...
O literaturze albańskiej do niedawna nie wiedzieliśmy nic, albo w najlepszym wypadku niewiele. Ostatnimi czasy mieliśmy okazję te zaległości nadrobić, przede wszystkim dzięki świetnym tłumaczeniem książek Ismaila Kadarego. Albański pisarz był niby już u nas wydawany, ale w niewielkim wymiarze, ostat...
Even though i did find this one a difficult read to start with and yes i was concerned if it had been the first in the series i mightn't of continued to read them. That said i am very glad i didn't give up and now realise that not every book is going to be a nice easy read. Some will be tough, some ...
The author provided me with a copy of this book for my honest reviewAri and Dylan had a one-night stand neither one of them expected to have problems moving on. Now both of them can't stop thinking about the other one, Dylan doesn't do relationships for a good reason but now he finds himself wanting...
So I had to literally wait a few days after I finished this book to write a review cause I had to process my emotions. This book was great! I have a hard time in the genre area being as I really enjoy young adult books. A lot of those book do not really have to much sexual content which is fine but ...
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