7/6/2023 0 Comments The Sojourn by Andrew Krivak![]() ![]() Marian, or Zlee as they come to call him, is the son of a cousin of Ondrej. One spring when they are down in the village they add a new member to their family. It is a small existence, and quiet, but Josef learns English and history and becomes a very good shot. There his father runs into trouble with the local citizenry and, fleeing the law, takes his young son back to the old country.ĭuring a time when Austria-Hungary was still an empire filled with a variety of ethnicities and local identities, Jozef and his father Ondrej live the life of the shepherd, spending half the year perched in the Carpathian Mountains. ![]() Early in his life he loses his mother in a train accident and his father takes him east to Pennsylvania. Jozef Vinich is an American-born young man born to Slovak parents, living in the turn of the 20th century. "The Sojourn" by Andrew Krivak is a novel depicting the journey of a young man from anonymity to the horror of war, and back again to a life of peace and productivity. ![]()
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