wyszukanych pozycji: 5
Tula
ISBN: 9780996630412 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The unnamed narrator of Jurgis Kuncinas's Tula is our tour guide through the infamous poverty-stricken bohemian quarter of Vilnius known as Uzupis (literally, "beyond the river"), living his life on the fringes of society, including his journeys through various institutions for alcohol treatment. On the way we meet a number of curious inhabitants of this unique district, everyone from a chemistry professor with an exhibitionist problem to the descendant of a 15th-century Lithuanian hetman obsessively carving wooden masks all night long. It's a place where you're likely to... The unnamed narrator of Jurgis Kuncinas's Tula is our tour guide through the infamous poverty-stricken bohemian quarter of Vilnius known a... |
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64,81 zł |
Frank Kruk: or, the Undertaker Pranas Krukelis
ISBN: 9780996630405 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In this imaginary biography, Petras Cvirka follows every detail of Pranas Krukelis's transformation from a barefoot Lithuanian village boy with a dead-ringer imitation of a squealing pig to the American businessman Frank Kruk, proprietor of a Brooklyn funeral parlor. On the way, Cvirka slings satire and slapstick in all directions, at just about every aspect of Lithuanian life and the immigrant experience in America. Think of something like a cross between Sinclair Lewis and Stella Gibbons. A classic of Lithuanian literature first published in 1934, the book has... In this imaginary biography, Petras Cvirka follows every detail of Pranas Krukelis's transformation from a barefoot Lithuanian village boy with a d... |
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93,18 zł |
Sun-Tzu's Life in the Holy City of Vilnius
ISBN: 9780996630436 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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64,81 zł |
Vilnius Poker
ISBN: 9780996630429 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 438 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A dark, enigmatic, and visceral examination of the psychology of repression, Vilnius Poker dives into the minds of four narrators whose contradictory memories challenge the very idea of truth. In this masterpiece written “for the drawer,” Vilnius itself becomes a presence possessing a will, a consciousness and, worse, an intent. First published in 1989 when Lithuania was on the verge of breaking away from the Soviet Union, this book raised a firestorm for its brutality, frank sex, and its destruction of the myths of Lithuanian history. A dark, enigmatic, and visceral examination of the psychology of repression, Vilnius Poker dives into the minds of four narrators whose co... |
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85,07 zł |
Bees on the Snow
ISBN: 9780996630450 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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64,81 zł |