Shadows on the Tundra (ePub)

Name: Shadows on the Tundra
Brand: Peirene Press
SKU: 103232203
Price: 8.39 EUR
Availability: OnlineOnly

(Sprache: Englisch)

Autor: Dalia Grinkeviciute

Schreiben Sie einen Kommentar zu "Shadows on the Tundra".

Shadows on the Tundra, Dalia Grinkeviciute

Merken

Mehr zum Inhalt Family Sharing Autorenporträt Video

sofort als Download lieferbar

Bestellnummer: 103232203

eBook (ePub) 8.39 €

Download bestellen

Verschenken

Lastschrift, Kreditkarte, Paypal, Rechnung
Kostenloser tolino webreader

Produktdetails

Produktbeschreibung
Autorenporträt
eBook Hilfe
Biblio. Angaben / Produktdetails
Family Sharing

Produktinformationen zu „Shadows on the Tundra (ePub)“

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 of her writing bears witness not only to the suffering she endured but also the hope that sustained her. It is a Lithuanian tale that, like its author, beats the odds to survive.Why Peirene chose to publish this book:There is only one word to describe this book, extraordinary. It blew me away when I first read it in German translation. Dalia’s account goes far beyond a memoir. This is an outstanding piece of literature which should be read by anyone who wishes to understand the Soviet repression.'A distressing historic document and a literary work of great significance.' Neue Zürcher Zeitung'An incredible force of language … the story of constant indignation.’JFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Autoren-Porträt von Dalia Grinkeviciute

Dalia Grinkeviciute (1927-1987) was born in Kaunas, the former capital of Lithuania. She spent her teenage years in a Siberian gulag. At 21 she escaped and returned to her home country only to be deported to Siberia once again in 1951. She was released five years later, then studied medicine. Grinkeviciute's writings are now placed firmly in the Lithuanian canon.