# Like the Appearance of Horses - Hardcover

by **Andrew Krivak** (Author)

**_A novel of one family, a century of war, and the promise of homecoming from Dayton Literary Peace Prize winner and National Book Award finalist Andrew Krivak_**

Rooted in the small, mountain town of Dardan, Pennsylvania, where patriarch Jozef Vinich settled after surviving World War I, _Like the Appearance of Horses_ immerses us in the intimate lives of a family whose fierce bonds have been shaped by the great conflicts of the past century.

After Bexhet Konar escapes fascist Hungary and crosses the ocean to find Jozef, the man who saved his life in 1919, he falls in love with Jozef's daughter, Hannah, enlists in World War II, and is drawn into a personal war of revenge. Many years later, their youngest son, Samuel, is taken prisoner in Vietnam and returns home with a heroin addiction and deep physical and psychological wounds. As Samuel travels his own path toward healing, his son will graduate from Annapolis as a Marine on his way to Iraq.

In spare, breathtaking prose, _Like the Appearance of Horses_ is the freestanding, culminating novel in Andrew Krivak's award-winning Dardan Trilogy, which began with _The Sojourn_ and _The Signal Flame_. It is a story about borders drawn within families as well as around nations, and redrawn by ethnicity, prejudice, and war. It is also a tender story of love and how it is tested by duty, loyalty, and honor.

### Author Biography

**Andrew Krivak** is the author of _The Bear_, a Mountain Book Competition winner and NEA Big Read selection, and the novels of the Dardan Trilogy: _The Sojourn_, a National Book Award finalist and winner of both the Chautauqua Prize and Dayton Literary Peace Prize; _The Signal Flame_, a Chautauqua Prize finalist; and _Like the Appearance of Horses_ (forthcoming from Bellevue Literary Press in May 2023). He lives with his wife and three children in Somerville, Massachusetts, and Jaffrey, New Hampshire.

**Number of Pages:** 288

**Dimensions:** 1.2 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN

**Publication Date:** May 09, 2023

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- **Price:** 28.99 USD
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