namelesshere
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I’m not sure I’m following.
well of course I figured from the first time I saw a post from you that you loved the writer
I was just interested in knowing about the reasons why his work alone, its style and themes and how they work together, should win the Nobel; and it’d would be a nice way of finally making me curious to open a book of his, is all...
This synopsis of Broken April is what made me get hold of it asap. I've read a few of his others since and none were as good as this one was. A really fascinating and tragic account of "blood feuds" in Albanian history.
"From the moment that Gjorg's brother is killed by a neighbour, his own life is forfeit: for the code of Kanun requires Gjorg to kill his brother's murderer and then in turn be hunted down. After shooting his brother's killer, young Gjorg is entitled to thirty days' grace - not enough to see out the month of April.
Then a visiting honeymoon couple cross the path of the fugitive. The bride's heart goes out to Gjorg, and even these 'civilised' strangers from the city risk becoming embroiled in the fatal mechanism of vendetta."