a novel Krivak, Andrew creator author. text Historical fiction. War fiction. Domestic fiction. nyu 2023 First Edition. monographic eng

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285 pages ; 24 cm. "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. adult Andrew Krivak. Subtitle from cover. Families Fiction Fathers and sons Fiction Veterans Fiction Psychic trauma Fiction Families of military personnel Fiction Pennsylvania Fiction PS3561.R569 L55 2023 811/.54 Krivak, Andrew 9781954276130 1954276133 2022007013 DLC 220211 20231031140603.0 1296689576 eng