The Sojourn
- ISBN-10
- 1934137413
- ISBN-13
- 9781934137413
- Series
- The Sojourn
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 192
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-04-19
- Publisher
- Bellevue Literary Press
- Author
- Andrew Krivak
Description
National Book Award Finalist Chautauqua Prize Winner Dayton Literary Peace Prize Winner “Some writers are good at drawing a literary curtain over reality, and then there are writers who raise the veil and lead us to see for the first time. Krivak belongs to the latter. The Sojourn, about a war and a family and coming-of-age, does not present a single false moment of sentimental creation. Rather, it looks deeply into its characters’ lives with wisdom and humanity, and, in doing so, helps us experience a distant past that feels as if it could be our own.” —National Book Award judges’ citation The Sojourn is the story of Jozef Vinich, who was uprooted from a 19th-century mining town in Colorado by a family tragedy and returns with his father to an impoverished shepherd’s life in rural Austria-Hungary. When World War One comes, Jozef joins his adopted brother as a sharpshooter in the Kaiser’s army, surviving a perilous trek across the frozen Italian Alps and capture by a victorious enemy. A stirring tale of brotherhood, coming-of-age, and survival, that was inspired by the author’s own family history, this novel evokes a time when Czechs, Slovaks, Austrians, and Germans fought on the same side while divided by language, ethnicity, and social class in the most brutal war to date. It is also a poignant tale of fathers and sons, addressing the great immigration to America and the desire to live the American dream amid the unfolding tragedy in Europe. Andrew Krivak is the author of three novels: The Bear; The Signal Flame, a Chautauqua Prize finalist; and The Sojourn, a National Book Award finalist and winner of both the Chautauqua Prize and Dayton Literary Peace Prize. He lives with his wife and three children in Somerville, Massachusetts, and Jaffrey, New Hampshire.
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
The Sojourn
By Andrew KrivakUprooted from a nineteenth century mining town in Colorado by a shocking family tragedy, young Jozef Vinich returns with his father to an impoverished shepherd's life in rural Austria-Hungary.
-
Desert Sojourn: A Woman's Forty Days and Nights Alone
By Debi Holmes-BinneyThe idea of a journey without companions is too daunting for most travelers. Not so the women of this collection. These contemporary pioneers savor the ultimate freedom of solo travel.
-
The Other “Hermit” of Thoreau’s Walden Pond: The Sojourn of Edmond Stuart Hotham
By Terry BarkleyThe Other “Hermit” of Thoreau’s Walden Pond is the first book-length treatise on Hotham, half of which is wholly new material.
-
Sojourn
By Amit ChaudhuriAn Indian writer has come to Berlin as a visiting professor. This is his second sojourn in the city, which seems strange, and also strangely familiar, to him.
-
The Sojourn from a Black Man to a Godly Man
By Ronald HarrisThe Sojourn From A Black Man To A Godly Man tells the life journey of a young man as he struggles to replicate the love snatched from him when his mother died early in his childhood.
-
Sojourn
By R.A. Salvatore“Did the drow say his name?” Roddy asked, and when the man hesitated, Roddy grabbed him by the collar and pulled him over the table. “Did the drow say his name?” the bounty hunter said again, his breath hot on the fat-bellied man's face ...
-
A Sojourn in Paradise: Jack Robinson in 1950s New Orleans
By Howard Philips SmithA Sojourn in Paradise: Jack Robinson in 1950s New Orleans features more than one hundred photographs taken by the artist, accompanied by detailed commentary about Robinson’s life in New Orleans and excerpts from interviews with the people ...
-
Travails of Africa: The Sojourn
By Kwesi Yonnie OwusuHistorical novel that deals with the spiritual, emotional and psychological impact of colonization and slavery on the African people.
-
Sojourn in the Wilderness: A Seven Month Journey on the Appalachian Trail
By Kenneth WadnessA memoir of an inspirational southbound thru-hike, disguised as a stunning coffee-table book of photography.
-
My Journey to Wholeness: The Sojourn Continues
By Teresa K. PageMy Journey to Wholeness is the culmination of life lessons learned by a small-town country girl in the thriving metropolis of Atlanta, Georgia.