{"product_id":"the-house-of-the-deaf-man-1","title":"The House of the Deaf Man","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book will be released in March 2027.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePre-orders are charged at time of order and the book will be posted to you as soon as it becomes available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUK postage is 99 pence per order.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated by Peter and Julia Sherwood\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith a new introduction by Dado Nagy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Excellently, adroitly written, Krištúfek’s\u003cem\u003e The House of the Deaf Man\u003c\/em\u003e brings traumas out of concealment, and ultimately it is perhaps even healing’ – \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003etýždeň\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (Slovak weekly magazine)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Peter is purposefully making his way to the peak of contemporary Slovak literature’ – \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKnižná revue\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e (The Book Review)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe House of the Deaf Man\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlfonz 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1097\/7086\/files\/PETER_KRISTUFEK_foto_Marek_Sulik_1024x1024_4b6b31dd-32ee-4f89-b0a1-c4225eb3a09f_240x240.webp?v=1794306791\" alt=\"\" style=\"float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Krištúfek\u003c\/strong\u003e was a Slovakian writer and film-maker. One of the leading creative voices of his generation in Slovakia, he had written several novels including \u003cem\u003eDom hluchého\u003c\/em\u003e, which was published in English in 2014 as The House of the Deaf Man.\u003cbr\u003eHe was killed in a road accident in 2018, aged forty-four years.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Peter Krištúfek","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55732831682936,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1097\/7086\/files\/images.jpg?v=1794306942","url":"https:\/\/www.parthianbooks.com\/products\/the-house-of-the-deaf-man-1","provider":"Parthian Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}