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The House of the Deaf Man
Peter Kristufek
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Alfonz Trnovsky, a genial and respected general practitioner in Breany, a small (fictitious) town in western Slovakia, spent his whole life pretending to be radiantly happy and contented, while the reality was quite different. He turned a deaf ear to his conscience as the 20th century hurtled by: four political regimes, the Holocaust, the political trials of the 1950s, the secret police before and after the 1968 Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia...and the women he loved. But whose are the bones his son accidentally stumbles on buried in the garden? As he sets out to unravel this mystery, the son discovers ... Read more
Alfonz Trnovsky, a genial and respected general practitioner in Breany, a small (fictitious) town in western Slovakia, spent his whole life pretending to be radiantly happy and contented, while the reality was quite different. He turned a deaf ear to his conscience as the 20th century hurtled by: four political regimes, the Holocaust, the political trials of the 1950s, the secret police before and after the 1968 Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia...and the women he loved. But whose are the bones his son accidentally stumbles on buried in the garden? As he sets out to unravel this mystery, the son discovers ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Parthian Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
Cardigan, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781909844278
SKU
V9781909844278
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About Peter Kristufek
Peter Kristufek was born in 1973 and grew up in Bratislava, Slovakia. He has an MA in Film and Television Directing from the Academy of Performing Arts, Bratislava, and is an award-winning director. His writing has appeared in numerous Slovak and foreign anthologies, including the annual anthology, Best European Fiction 2010, and many Slovak newspapers and magazines. Peter is publishing ... Read more
Reviews for The House of the Deaf Man
"[Peter] is purposefully making his way to the peak of contemporary Slovak literature." "Knizna revue" (The Book Review) '[Peter] offers readers a privileged vantage point from which to watch a nation write ... its history,' New Welsh Review