Callan Wink

In the Montana backcountry live two brothers who run a saw mill and do a little poaching on the side. Thad is the brains of the operation. His brother Hazen has a talent for tracking and hunting and getting himself into trouble. Together they have just about made it work, but now there are mounting bills, a leaky roof and winter is closing in. When a menacing figure known as the Scot offers them a risky but potentially lucrative hunting job in Yellowstone National Park, the brothers can't refuse, but before long the precarious nature of their lives and their bond is exposed. From a fresh new voice in American fiction, this is a propulsive, bracing story about the cost of survival set against the unforgiving wilderness of the American northwest.

Bratrské pouto. Nebezpečná nabídka, kterou nemůžou odmítnout Život na úpatí montanského pohoří za hranicí Yellowstonského národního parku nepromíjí chyby. Zimy jsou tu neúprosné a ne každý si může dovolit dříví na otop. Své o tom vědí i mladí bratři Thad a Hazen, kteří si rozvozem dříví vydělávají. Potíže s penězi je nevyhnutelně přivedou k dalším způsobům, jak si zajistit živobytí – možná že odpověď na jejich problémy leží právě ve střeženém Yellowstonu, v němž na člověka čekají požáry, zima, jelení, vlci i medvědi. Kdo se ale do divočiny vydá, musí se potýkat také sám se sebou. Na pozadí krásy stále ještě odolávající americké divočiny se totiž v románu Callana Winka vyjevuje především síla lidské povahy, vůle a vytrvalosti.

In the Montana backcountry live two brothers who run a saw mill and do a little poaching on the side. Thad is the brains of the operation. His brother Hazen has a talent for tracking and hunting and getting himself into trouble. Together they have just about made it work, but now there are mounting bills, a leaky roof and winter is closing in. When a menacing figure known as the Scot offers them a risky but potentially lucrative hunting job in Yellowstone National Park, the brothers can't refuse, but before long the precarious nature of their lives and their bond is exposed. From a fresh new voice in American fiction, this is a propulsive, bracing story about the cost of survival set against the unforgiving wilderness of the American northwest.