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This historical novel is both heartbreaking and hopeful as it shares the stories of families displaced by the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia....It is tactful and humorous about bringing to life the calamitous experiences of the Slovakian people during the fall of communism. Foreword Reviews Magazine -- Aimee Jodoin * Foreword Reviews Magazine * This is a loving portrait of Slovak families whose hopes are first raised by the Prague Spring and then dashed by the Soviet invasion in summer 1968. Viliam Klimacek captures the anger and humiliation, the bravery and betrayal - not to mention the distinctive styles and aromas - of late-60s Czechoslovakia. It is also a tale of exile, about painful decisions to stay or leave, and the awkward adjustments that greeted new arrivals to Canada, the United States and Israel. -James Thomson, The Slovak Spectator -- James Thomson, Journalist * Newspaper *

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Viliam Klimek, writer, director, founder of the GUnaGU theater, is one of Slovakia's most prolific writers and playwrights. He graduated from the Medical School in Bratislava and worked at the cardiac clinic. He has written more than forty plays, for which he has won seven Alfred Radok Awards. He has also written experimental fairy tales, poems, radio plays, and opera librettos.and currently works for television and film. He won the IBBY International Award for his book Foot to Foot. His novel Namestie kosmonautov won the Novel 2006 competition, was nominated for the Anasoft litera award and won this award for 2007.

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