This is a new edition of one of the most important novels of the last decade, which won the 1997 Nike Prize. The novel is set in a provincial world, seen through the eyes of an adolescent boy.

"The plot, the protagonists and the events in this novel are like the reality that surrounds us - not fully transparent and explainable, demanding to pay close attention, and to consider our inner sense and the consequences of our actions."

Wiesław Myśliwski is the author of novels and plays which are usually discussed in the context of “peasant literature”, dealing with the problems of the identities of villages and their inhabitants in times of historical change. However, his work transcends this literary category thanks to its philosophical and anthropological importance. Myśliwski’s first novel, Naked Orchard (1967), surprised the critics with its maturity, substantiality and an exceptionally loving portrait by a son of his father. The play The Steward (1978) and the novel The Palace (1970) analyse a conflict between inherited and desired destiny. Myśliwski’s broadest epic of the peasant fate is the novel Stone upon Stone (1984), a masterpiece of postwar Polish literature, the apotheosis of the peasant tradition. His novel The Horizon (1996) won the 1997 Nike prize for the best book of the year.