Books set in Lithuania (14)
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Bajo la sombra de los lobos by Alvydas Šlepikas ES
LithuaniaDescription:
"Acabada la Segunda Guerra Mundial, las mujeres y los niños alemanes de Prusia Oriental quedaron abandonados a su suerte ante el avance victorioso del Ejército Rojo. En medio de aquel terrible invierno, las mujeres trataron de ayudarse entre sí, mientras algunos niños se atrevieron a cruzar los bosques y la frontera para alcanzar Lituania y, una vez allí, pedir comida o trabajo a los granjeros y traer de vuelta lo que consiguieran. Esos niños conocieron la crueldad, la violencia, pero también la amabilidad y solidaridad, incluso el heroísmo. A esos niños los llamaron «los niños-lobo»."--Contra... continue
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Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
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The inspiration for the major motion picture Ashes in the Snow! "Few books are beautifully written, fewer still are important; this novel is both." --The Washington Post From New York Times and international bestseller and Carnegie Medal winner Ruta Sepetys, author of Salt to the Sea, comes a story of loss and of fear -- and ultimately, of survival. A New York Times notable book An international bestseller A Carnegie Medal nominee A William C. Morris Award finalist A Golden Kite Award winner Fifteen-year-old Lina is a Lithuanian girl living an ordinary life -- until Soviet officers invade her ... continue
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In the Shadow of Wolves by Alvydas Šlepikas EN
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A Times Book of the Year, 2019 THE SECOND WORLD WAR IS OVER. BUT THE WORLD IS FAR FROM SAFE. As victorious Russian troops sweep across East Prussia, a group of desperate children face a new battle. Confronted by critical food shortages and the onset of a bitterly cold winter, these 'wolf children' secretly cross the border into Lithuania in search of work or food to take back to their starving families. In a world still reeling from the devastation of war, the children must risk everything to survive. In the Shadow of Wolves is a story of resilience, devastation and, ultimately, hope. Based on... continue
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Lost Birds by Birute Putrius EN
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Lost Birds weaves a tale of Irene Matas and friends, who arrive in Chicago after the Second World War. While parents, sick with grief, cling to old ways, their conflicted children are torn between allegiance to their parents and the bright appeal of America.
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Manke Fisjke by Mendele Moicher Sforim NL
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Twee door het 19e-eeuwse Oost-Europa rondtrekkende jiddische boekverkopers ontmoeten een manke bedelaar, die veel beleefd heeft.
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Memoirs of a Life Cut Short by Ricardas Gavelis EN
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Levas Ciparis, the anti-hero of this masterly critique of life in the late Soviet Union, is a man alone and he desperately wants to belong. He is obstructed in this quest by his own innocence and decency, which occasionally cause him to act with absurd inflexibility. In fact, the irresolvable tension between moral probity and necessary compromise is one of the many themes of this novel: "Yes, I truly did believe, being an honest, sufficiently pure and persistent person, that if I took up the work of the Komsomol, I would most certainly be capable of changing and enriching that community." In p... continue
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No Men, No Cry by Ugnė Barauskaitė, Laura Sintija Černiauskaitė, Jurga Ivanauskaitė EN
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This series of anthologies is a means of introducing the latest works of Lithuanian literature to an English-speaking readership. The women’s writings presented in this collection recreate the experience of contemporary woman, experience that is closely related to actual cultural and historical phenomena and which contemplates a woman’s search for identity and highlights a woman’s ironic stance towards traditional female values, such as marriage, childbirth and home-making. Reading the latest women’s writings, we can see that the older woman is dying out and is making room for a new woman, one... continue
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Peces y dragones by Undiné Radzevičiūtė ES
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Un jesuita italiano, pintor para más señas, en la corte imperial china del siglo XVIII, enfrentado a los retos de la evangelización, de su oficio artístico y de la pérdida de su propia fe. Y cuatro mujeres, cuatro vendavales residentes en Vilna en la actualidad, cuatro generaciones mal avenidas de una familia tan singular como característica del alma báltica, componiendo el retablo tragicómico de su insatisfacción. Dos relatos paralelos para abordar los mismo temas: el abismo insalvable entre culturas antagónicas, el v&eacut... continue
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Shadows on the Tundra by Dalia Grinkevičiūtė EN
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An extraordinary piece of international survival literature, joining the likes of Primo Levi and Anne Frank. In 1941, 14-year-old Dalia and her family are deported from their native Lithuania to a labour camp in Siberia. As the strongest member of her family she submits to twelve hours a day of manual labour. At the age of 21, she escapes the gulag and returns to Lithuania. She writes her memories on scraps of paper and buries them in the garden, fearing they might be discovered by the KGB. They are not found until 1991, four years after her death. This is the story Dalia buried. The immediacy... continue
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Shadows on the Tundra by Dalia Grinkevičiūtė EN
Description:
In 1941, 14-year-old Dalia and her family are deported from their native Lithuania to a labour camp in Siberia. As the strongest member of her family she submits to twelve hours a day of manual labour. At the age of 21, she escapes the gulag and returns to Lithuania. She writes her memories on scraps of paper and buries them in the garden, fearing they might be discovered by the KGB. They are not found until 1991, four years after her death. This is the story Dalia buried. The immediacy of her writing bears witness not only to the suffering she endured but also the hope that sustained her. It ... continue