Alone in the crowd

The book Alone in the Crowd contains 25 short stories, which are a selection from Martin Furmanik’s short story collections. The main characters of the stories are similar. Although they live in a community of people, they are alone. Alone with their thoughts, alone in the fight with their demons, alone in the fight with windmills. Some are not successful in this fight, while others are. And sometimes they find that they are not so alone after all.

Martin Furmanik (1989) works at the Spiš Museum in Spišská Nová Ves. He is the author of over a hundred studies and popular articles on the topic of history. He has published in 32 professional and popular periodicals. His articles have appeared in, for example, Život, Téma, Historická revue, Denník N, and Postoj. He is the author or co-author of the books Spiš and the Formation of the Czechoslovak Republic, History of the Rusyns in Spiš, History of the Germans in Spiš, Wandering Through the History of Spiš, Wandering Through the History of Spiš IV, Wandering Through History, and Parents of the Famous. He has published the novella Stability of the Republic. Most of the short stories in this book have been published in Slovak literary magazines. He is a member of the Slovak Writers' Association.