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Broken April

Broken April AuthorIsmail KadareOriginal titlePrilli i ThyerTranslatorNew Amsterdam BooksCountryAlbaniaLanguageAlbanianPublisherLibrairie Arthème Fayard1978Media typePaperbackPages192ISBN0-09-944987-0OCLC52919441
Broken April is a novel by Albanian author Ismail Kadare. Published in 1978, the book explores one of Kadare's recurring themes: how the past affects the present. The novel concerns about the centuries-old tradition of hospitality, blood feuds, and revenge killing in the highlands of north Albania in the 1930s.

Plot
Titular page of Broken April, published in 1980 by Rilindja.
Gjorg Berisha, a 26-year-old Albanian man living on the country's high plateau, is forced to commit a murder under the laws of the Kanun to avenge his brother. As a result of this killing, his own death is sealed; he is to be killed by a member of the opposing family.

The novel concerns about the centuries-old tradition of hospitality, blood feuds, and revenge killing in the highlands of north Albania in the 1930s.

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