pbNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTbrDAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE WINNERbppbiA stirring tale of brotherhood, coming of age, and survival during World War IibppiThe Sojourni is the story of Jozef Vinich, who was uprooted from a 19th-century mining town in Colorado by a family tragedy and returns with his father to an impoverished shepherd's life in rural Austria-Hungary. When war comes, Jozef joins his adopted brother as a sharpshooter in the Kaiser's army, surviving a perilous trek across the frozen Italian Alps and capture by a victorious enemy.ppppStrikingly contemporary though replete with evocative historical detail, iThe Sojourni is the freestanding, first novel of Andrew Krivak's award-winning Dardan Trilogy, which concludes with iLike the Appearance of Horsesi. Inspired by the author's family history, it is also a poignant tale of fathers and sons, addressing the great immigration to America and the desire to live the American dream amid the unfolding tragedy in Europe.p