Broken April

Ismail Kadare

earliest edition we have, 1982 Fischer (Tb.), Frankfurt, 2003 paperback 240 pages

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A venture into the strange (to us) world of the Albanian mountains, where the iron dictates of the "kanun", or blood feud, wrench apart the lives and peace of generation after generation. Although the protagonist is Gjorg, a young mountain man who, as of the first page of the novel, knows that by fulfilling the dictates of the kanun he will guarantee that his own life will end in one month, Kadare offers in addition...

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This book in English

J. Hodgson 1 printing we hold · 2001 · Saqi Books

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Editions we hold

Broken April paperback · 2007 · New Amsterdam Books · 248 pages · 9781561310654
Broken April paperback · 2003 · Vintage · 224 pages · 9780099449874
Der zerrissene April. paperback · 2003 · Fischer (Tb.), Frankfurt · 240 pages · 9783596157617
Der zerrissene April. hardcover · 2001 · Ammann · 239 pages · 9783250600404
Broken April hardcover · 2001 · Saqi Books · 240 pages
Abril Quebrado/ April Wreck paperback · 2001 · Alianza Editorial Sa · 203 pages · 9788420672595
Pusŏjin sawŏl edition · 1999 · Munhak Tongne · 263 pages
Broken April paperback · 1998 · Harvill Pr · 224 pages · 9781860465031
Broken April edition · 1990 · New Amsterdam Books · 216 pages
Avril brisé edition · 1982 · Fayard · 246 pages

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