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| Title | : | The Signal Flame |
| Author | : | Andrew Krivak |
| Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 288 pages |
| Published | : | January 24th 2017 by Scribner |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. War. Literary Fiction |
Andrew Krivak
Kindle Edition | Pages: 288 pages Rating: 3.98 | 745 Users | 165 Reviews
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The stunning second novel from National Book Award finalist Andrew Krivak—a heartbreaking, captivating story about a family awaiting the return of their youngest son from the Vietnam War.In a small town in Pennsylvania’s Endless Mountains Hannah and her son Bo mourn the loss of the family patriarch, Jozef Vinich. They were three generations under one roof. Three generations, but only one branch of a scraggy tree; they are a war-haunted family in a war-torn century. Having survived the trenches of World War I as an Austro-Hungarian conscript, Vinich journeyed to America and built a life for his family. His daughter married the Hungarian-born Bexhet Konar, who enlisted to fight with the Americans in the Second World War but brought disgrace on the family when he was imprisoned for desertion. He returned home to Pennsylvania a hollow man, only to be killed in a hunting accident on the family’s land. Finally, in 1971, Hannah’s prodigal younger son, Sam, was reported MIA in Vietnam.
And so there is only Bo, a quiet man full of conviction, a proud work ethic, and a firstborn’s sense of duty. He is left to grieve but also to hope for reunion, to create a new life, to embrace the land and work its soil through the seasons. The Signal Flame is a stirring novel about generations of men and women and the events that define them, brothers who take different paths, the old European values yielding to new world ways, and the convalescence of memory and war.
Beginning shortly after Easter in 1972 and ending on Christmas Eve this ambitious novel beautifully evokes ordinary time, a period of living and working while waiting and watching and expecting. The Signal Flame is gorgeously written, honoring the cycles of earth and body, humming with blood and passion, and it confirms Andrew Krivak as a writer of extraordinary vision and power.
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| Original Title: | The Signal Flame ASIN B01CO349IO |
| Setting: | Pennsylvania(United States) |
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Ratings: 3.98 From 745 Users | 165 ReviewsArticle About Books The Signal Flame
A quiet, understated book about the connection of neighboring families to the land and to each other. There is is subtlety to this book that is connecting with most readers; however, I must not have been in the right frame of mind at the time as read it (normally these are the types of books I adore). Instead of relishing the gorgeous prose I did find myself wishing the author would "get on with it". It could have been the lack of quotation marks, which I found to be a distraction, rather thanAs I finished this wonderful book I realized that it is this type of quiet novel that makes the biggest impression, leaving me with a surfeit of emotions I need to process. There are no big flashy car chases, or hunts for a killer, just a family with all the hidden layers that this entails. Heartaches, deaths, and there are plenty of both, but a great deal of love for each other and for the land. A quiet appreciation of what they have been given. Beautiful descriptions of their environment and
This is the second book of three. The Sojourn is the first in the series which covers Jozef Vinich during WW1.In this book it tells of Vinich's family who now run a mill in Northeastern Pennsylvania.Jozef's grandson Sam is M.I.A.in Vietnam. No one wants to believe he is dead. His mother &a brother are holding fort, waiting on Sam's return one day.The family history behind this book is quite complicated and I do advise you read The Soujourn first as this will help tie up the loose threads.I
The Signal Flame by Andrew KrivakThe Signal Flame is storytelling at its best. While I was reading about the close relationship between Jozef and Bo it reminded me of all the happy time I spent with my grandparents when they were alive. So reading this novel was a very nostalgic experience for me from which I enjoyed immensely. Bo and Sam are the grandson's of Jozef Vinich. There is much beauty in this story as well as heartbreak. Hannah is Jozef's daughter who is married to Bexhet Konar. They
The Signal Flame by Andrew Krivak is a book about four generations of a family and the grief they experience through war and heartbreak and their ability to endure, when all hope seems lost. Raw human emotion is explored. Emotions of a mothers and sons, Hannah and her youngest son Sam, who goes off to Vietnam and is missing in action. Her eldest son, Bo, left to take care of the family, full a duty and be the Patriarch. Here we see that war takes a toll on the family, whether they go to it or
This is the second book of three. The Sojourn is the first in the series which covers Jozef Vinich during WW1.In this book it tells of Vinich's family who now run a mill in Northeastern Pennsylvania.Jozef's grandson Sam is M.I.A.in Vietnam. No one wants to believe he is dead. His mother &a brother are holding fort, waiting on Sam's return one day.The family history behind this book is quite complicated and I do advise you read The Soujourn first as this will help tie up the loose threads.I
The writing is tranquil ....I was drawn into the story quickly, and was soon heartbroken for the character, Sam, who was MIA in Vietnam. Hannah, described Sam - (her son), "as a restless cat" when he was little....always on the go. He was very different from his older brother, Bo, who was happy reading or spending time in his grandfathers woodshop. I thought about Bo a lot in this novel - and the role he contributed in this family. Bo never went to war. He left for University- falls in love with
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