The cost of war

NOVEL OF THE WEEK

Within a few pages of The Sojourn, Jozef’s wife and niece are crushed by a train (this is based on Krivák’s grandparents’ experience), and in The Signal Flame you start to wonder if anyone will survive the novel: shooting accidents, floods and car crashes are relentless.

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