Broken April

Broken April is a novel by award-winning Albanian author Ismail Kadare. Published in 1978, the book explores one of Kadare's recurring themes: how the past affects the present.[1]

Broken April
Cover of the November 2003 paperback edition.
AuthorIsmail Kadare
Original titlePrilli i Thyer
TranslatorNew Amsterdam Books
CountryAlbania
LanguageAlbanian
PublisherLibrairie Arthème Fayard
Publication date
1978
Media typePaperback
ISBN0-09-944987-0
OCLC52919441

Plot

Gjorg Berisha, a 26-year-old Albanian man living on the country's high plateau,[2] 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.[1]

Reception

Broken April was lauded by reviewers upon its release. The New York Times described it as "written with masterly simplicity in a bardic style", while The Wall Street Journal declared Kadare "one of the most compelling novelists now writing in any language."[3]

Adaptations

In 2001, a movie adaptation of Broken April, called Behind the Sun, was filmed in Brazil.

Footnotes
  1. Liukkonen, Petri. "Ismail Kadare". Books and Writers (kirjasto.sci.fi). Finland: Kuusankoski Public Library. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015.
  2. "Broken April - Ismail Kadare". Longitude. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2007-10-07.
  3. "Broken April - Ismail Kadare". Various journals. Amazon.com. Retrieved 2007-10-06.
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