Peter Kristufek's sweeping family saga, covering Slovakia's history from 1938 to the early 2000s, explores the way the pressure of history makes a decent but weak man harm the people around him, skilfully weaving into the narrative extracts from authentic period documents ranging from advertisements to poetry and diaries.
A novel taking readers on a tour of Slovak history from the 1930s to 1990s, narrated by a doctor's son who comes to say goodbye to the house from which he has never managed to break free. First published in Slovak in 2012. *Also appeared in June Buyer's Notes*