The House of the Deaf Man

This book will be released in March 2027.

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Translated by Peter and Julia Sherwood

With a new introduction by Dado Nagy

‘Excellently, adroitly written, Krištúfek’s The House of the Deaf Man brings traumas out of concealment, and ultimately it is perhaps even healing’ – týždeň (Slovak weekly magazine)

'Peter is purposefully making his way to the peak of contemporary Slovak literature’ – Knižná revue (The Book Review)

The House of the Deaf Man takes the reader on a tour of Slovak history from the 1930s to the 1990s. It is narrated by the doctor’s son, Adam, who comes to say goodbye to the house from which he has never managed to break free. He tells the story of a father-son relationship and of surprising connections between the past and memory.

Alfonz Trnovský, a general practitioner in the small town of Brezany, has spent his whole life pretending to be radiantly happy and contented, and unburdened by history and all its abysses, twists and turns, while the reality is quite different. He refused to listen to his conscience as the 20th century hurtled by: four political regimes, the Jewish Question, the political trials of the 1950s, the secret police after 1968... and all the women he loved. But whose are the bones his son accidentally stumbles on buried in the garden?