The Sojourn

by Andrew Krivak

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The Sojourn, finalist for the National Book Award and winner of both the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and inaugural Chautauqua Prize, 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...Read more
  • ISBN10 1934137413
  • ISBN13 9781934137413
  • Publish Date 19 April 2011
  • Publish Status Active
  • Imprint Bellevue Literary Press
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 192
  • Language English