THE HOUSE OF THE DEAF MAN – A novel by Peter Krištúfek

(jointly translated from the Slovak original Dom hluchého)

Published by Parthian Books, Cardigan, 2014.

Philip Clement’s review in The New Welsh Review, March 2015

Kathryn Murphy’s review in the Times Literary Supplement, 3.4.2015:  “The father’s increasing deafness, which gives the book its title, is paralleled by Krištúfek’s indictment of a nation that refuses to hear: deafness, he claims, is the national trait.”

Welsh Book Council:  “…a major European novel of ambitious intellectual reach which tackles a significant subject in its tale of the Second World War, its aftermath and the long grey Communist suppression that ensued all as seen from a Slovak (and hidden Jewish) perspective. […] The English translation itself […] is of the highest calibre.”

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