"After a very, very, very long wait, I have finally read another Slovak Novel in English worthy of the full five stars.* (...) The literary conceit that gives the novel its structure as well as its title is that all the key action takes place, year after year, on the first of September. (...) It’s a brilliant device, letting the reader know in advance the time span in which it will take place, because it makes time itself a vivid character in the unfolding action. (...) Rich in detail, subtle in execution, compelling and page-turning despite the small human scale of the action, It Happened on the First of September is a great read." Sarah Hinlicky Wilson on her blog www.sarahhinlickywilson.com
