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Now in paperback from Dayton Literary Peace Prize winner and National Book Award finalist Andrew Krivak—a novel of one family, a century of war, and the promise of homecomingRooted in the small, mountain town of Dardan, Pennsylvania, where patriarch Jozef Vinich settled after surviving World War I, Like the Appearance of Horses immerses us in the intimate lives of a family whose fierce bonds have been shaped by the great conflicts of the past ...

A novel of one family, a century of war, and the promise of homecoming, by Dayton Literary Peace Prize winner and National Book Award finalist Andrew KrivakRooted in the small, mountain town of Dardan, Pennsylvania, where patriarch Jozef Vinich settled after surviving World War I, Like the Appearance of Horses immerses us in the intimate lives of a family whose fierce bonds have been shaped by the great conflicts of the past century.After Bexh...

Der Publikumserfolg jetzt in deutscher ÜbersetzungEin Mann und seine kleine Tochter leben allein am Fuße eines Berges. Sie besitzen nur wenig, was die Menschen hinterlassen haben. Der Mann zeigt der Tochter alles, was sie zum Überleben braucht und weist sie ein in die Geheimnisse der Jahreszeiten und den Lauf der Sterne. Er bereitet sie darauf vor, wie sie als Mensch Teil der Natur wird. Später als junges Mädchen ist sie herausgefordert, sich ...

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The stunning second novel from National Book Award finalist Andrew Krivák—"an extraordinarily elegant writer, with a deep awareness of the natural world" (The New York Times Book Review)—tells the heartbreaking, captivating story about a family awaiting the return of their youngest son from the Vietnam War.In a small town in northeastern Pennsylvania, Hannah and her son Bo mourn the loss of the family patriarch, Jozef. They were three generati...

Ispirandosi alle vicende dei propri avi, Andrew Krivak ci trasporta negli Stati Uniti di fine Ottocento, in un villaggio minerario del Colorado dove una famiglia di immigrati prova a costruirsi una nuova vita. Il destino non serba grandi cose per loro, anzi un incidente di caccia obbliga padre e figlio a fuggire dalla nuova patria per tornare nel cuore dell'Impero austroungarico, sulle montagne di Pastvina. Lì Ondrej governa le pecore, cresce ...