Nedeľné šachy s Tisom

The narrator is Anička, the daughter of a communist from Bánovce. She tells how the town priest Jozef Tiso, later president of the Slovak State, came every Sunday to the respected family of the local pharmacist for a game of chess, a slice of honey cake and conversation. There he had to withstand the invective of the master of the house and the charm of his wife, who under his influence converted from the Lutheran to the Catholic church. Along the way we learn how Tiso overestimated himself and underestimated the Slovaks. The story is built as a mosaic of hidden connections leading to surprising resolutions.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

412 pages in the original

Genres

Historical, Politics (assigned by AI)

Set in

Slovakia

First published

2016 by Dixit

Author's age

52 when first published

ISBN

9788089662197 (original)