Continuing on my literary journey through Albania, a friend gave me a copy of Broken April  by Ismail Kadare—an iconic Albanian author. Broken April  follows Gjorg, a man caught up in an ancient family blood feud. It’s a book that teaches you about the history and practical “logic” of a blood feud, a cultural anomaly across the country but found more prominently in the north. The second part of the book introduces a newly married couple who find themselves in the thick of blo