A review by karinlib
Broken April by Ismail Kadare

3.0

Gjorg Berisha is 26 year 0ld Albanian mountaineer, forced to avenge his brother's death according to Kanun law, a very strict and complicated feudal code of Law. The story opens with him killing a member of the family that killed his brother. Gjorg is given a 30 day grace period before his victim's family can murder him. Bessian Vorpsi and his wife Diana are on their honeymoon trip to the mountains. Bessian is fascinated with the highland people that practice the Blood Feud. While on the journey to the mountains, Bessian explains to Diana the intricacies of the Kanun, he points out mountaineers with the blood feud ribbon, the refuge towers (where murderers can find refuge for as long as needed from their victims families), and they run into a Kanun judge who travels all over the mountains sitting in judgement over disputes. For one brief moment Gjorg and the Vorpsi lives intersect.

This is the fourth book I have read by Kadare, and to be honest, [book:Chronicle in Stone|708124] is still my favorite of the four.