Ricardas Gavelis, Stasys Eidrigevicius, Elizabeth Novickas
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...
Petras Cvirka, David Povilaitis, Elizabeth Novickas
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 Lewisand 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...