Stíny světa – Izquierdo Andreas (2021)

Even the darkest days can be illuminated by light... Thorn, West Prussia 1910. Shy Carl, brave Artur, and cheeky Isi take life as a game. They are not shocked by the exciting scientific news of the newly discovered comet, Halley's, which could destroy the Earth. On the contrary – they actively sell 'pills against the end of the world.' But adolescence cannot be stopped: Carl embarks on a career as a photographer, while Artur and Isi become a couple. Ultimately, however, world politics will divide the friends. World War breaks out, and Artur and Carl must enlist. Far from home, both become part of an inhuman machinery whose dimensions no one could have imagined. Meanwhile, back in Thorn, Isi fights in a different war. When the fighting ends, the world will be different. Will it allow young people to piece together the wreckage of their old lives and start anew? Shadows of the World is an exciting historical novel about a vanishing old world and coming of age.