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One summer day in June 1914, as Archduke Franz Ferdinand arrives in Sarajevo, young pharmacy assistant Rafael Pinto is suddenly thrust into a world at war. Unprepared for combat yet bound by duty, he joins the front lines in Galicia, where the brutal realities of trench life shatter his dreams of university lectures and Viennese soirées. Spanning decades and continents, this tender coming-of-age epic explores themes of friendship, displacement, and resilience against the backdrop of World War I. Hemon’s richly imagined characters and vivid historical detail bring to life a sweeping portrait of love and loss in a world forever changed by conflict