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Central European University Press
This gem of Slovak naturalism was written in 1940. The story takes the reader to a mountain village. The protagonist narrates the vicissitudes, suffering, and success he experiences as he pursues a love affair, resulting in the triumph of pure love. Peter has been in love with a girl—Magdalena—since childhood and asks her to marry him. But he is too late, because a rich man, Jano Zapotocný, has... Read more
Introduction by Igor S. Hochel, Introduction, Three Chestnut Horses
Biography
Margita Figuli (1909–1995) was a Slovak prose writer, translator. Her writings were meditations on the meaning of love and compassion in the context of current social problems.
