Rukojemník / The Hostage

This poignant novel about a boy from a border village close to Bratislava maps the political situation of the 1950s and 1960s through the fate and perceptions of a child and his experiences with his friends, classmates and their parents, neighbours, local drunks, Communist functionaries, brickwork labourers  and border guards. 

Excerpt from book

Number of pages

318

Language

Slovak language

Year

2014

Book category

General Fiction

Original language

Slovak language

Issue

1.

Published in

Bratislava

ISBN

978-80-556-0689-7

Book cover

Hardcover