Krivak, Andrew,
Like the appearance of horses : a novel / Andrew Krivak. - First Edition. - 285 pages ; 24 cm. - Dardan Trilogy ; book 3. . - Krivak, Andrew. Dardan trilogy ; book 3. .
Subtitle from cover.
"The third book in the Dardan Trilogy, following The Sojourn and The Signal Flame."-- Rooted 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 Bexhet Konar escapes fascist Hungary and crosses the ocean to find Jozef, the man who saved his life in 1919, he falls in love with Jozef's daughter, Hannah, enlists in World War II, and is drawn into a personal war of revenge. Many years later, their youngest son, Samuel, is taken prisoner in Vietnam and returns home with a heroin addiction and deep physical and psychological wounds. As Samuel travels his own path toward healing, his son will graduate from Annapolis as a Marine on his way to Iraq.
9781954276130 1954276133
2022007013
GBC384974 bnb
021041511 Uk
Families--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Veterans--Fiction.
Psychic trauma--Fiction.
Families of military personnel--Fiction.
Pennsylvania--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
War fiction.
Domestic fiction.
PS3561.R569 / L55 2023
811/.54
Like the appearance of horses : a novel / Andrew Krivak. - First Edition. - 285 pages ; 24 cm. - Dardan Trilogy ; book 3. . - Krivak, Andrew. Dardan trilogy ; book 3. .
Subtitle from cover.
"The third book in the Dardan Trilogy, following The Sojourn and The Signal Flame."-- Rooted 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 Bexhet Konar escapes fascist Hungary and crosses the ocean to find Jozef, the man who saved his life in 1919, he falls in love with Jozef's daughter, Hannah, enlists in World War II, and is drawn into a personal war of revenge. Many years later, their youngest son, Samuel, is taken prisoner in Vietnam and returns home with a heroin addiction and deep physical and psychological wounds. As Samuel travels his own path toward healing, his son will graduate from Annapolis as a Marine on his way to Iraq.
9781954276130 1954276133
2022007013
GBC384974 bnb
021041511 Uk
Families--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Veterans--Fiction.
Psychic trauma--Fiction.
Families of military personnel--Fiction.
Pennsylvania--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
War fiction.
Domestic fiction.
PS3561.R569 / L55 2023
811/.54