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declared Kadare "one of the most compelling novelists now writing in any language." Reading "Broken April", it is easy to understand why and with what strength Ismail Kadare is passionate about tragedy and its two most prominent representatives, Shakespeare and
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style, as if the author is saying: Sit quietly and let me recite a terrible story about a blood feud and the inevitability of death by gunfire in my country. You know it must happen because that is the way life is lived in these mountains. Insults must be avenged; family honor must be upheld...."
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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.
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