pbiA novel of one family, a century of war, and the promise of homecoming, by Dayton Literary Peace Prize winner and National Book Award finalist Andrew KrivakibppRooted in the small, mountain town of Dardan, Pennsylvania, where patriarch Jozef Vinich settled after surviving World War I, iLike the Appearance of Horsesi immerses us in the intimate lives of a family whose fierce bonds have been shaped by the great conflicts of the past century.ppAfter Bexhet Konar escapes fascist Hungary and crosses the ocean to find Jozef, the man who saved his life in 1919, he falls in love with Jozef's daughter, Hannah, enlists in World War II, and is drawn into a personal war of revenge. Many years later, their youngest son, Samuel, is taken prisoner in Vietnam and returns home with a heroin addiction and deep physical and psychological wounds. As Samuel travels his own path toward healing, his son will graduate from Annapolis as a Marine on his way to Iraq.ppIn spare, breathtaking prose, iLike the A