Books by Jurga Vilé (2)
1.
Haïkus de Sibérie by Jurga Vilé FR
LithuaniaDescription:
La vie est belle. Lituanie, 1941. Algis est encore un enfant quand il est déporté dans un camp sibérien. Il raconte son quotidien où l'on croise le fantôme de son jars domestique, une chorale, des Russes impitoyables, et même des soldats japonais ! Avec son regard pur comme l'azur et sa fantaisie d'enfant, Algis nous fait rire, nous surprend et nous émeut.
2.
Siberian Haiku by Jurga Vile EN
Description:
One morning in June 1941, a quiet village in Central Lithuania is shaken out of its slumber by the sudden arrival of the Soviet Army. Eight-year-old Algiukas awakes to the sound of Russian soldiers pounding on the door. His family are given ten minutes to pack up their things. They are not told where they're going or for how long. An airless freight train carries them from the fertile lands of rural Lithuania to the snowy plains of the Siberian taiga. There, in the distant, dismal North, they begin a life marked by endless hunger and unrelenting cold. And yet the darkness of exile is lightened... continue