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Portal 15 minutes invites you to briefly get acquainted with 13 books written by foreign writers, whose action takes place in Lithuania.
Lithuania is not portrayed the way we like everywhere; We can hardly agree that people in poverty eat horse meat or believe that there are hybrids of bear and human. But seeing that others see us is always interesting.
We hope this article will encourage you to include at least one new book in the list of books you want to read, especially since many of them are translated into Lithuanian. The list is grouped alphabetically by author names.
Stephan Collishaw, the last girl
This novel by the English writer Stephan Collishaw tells the story of an elderly poet living in the 20th century. in Vilnius in the last decade and is tortured by the secret of his youth. Part of 2003 The action of the published book takes place in the 20th century. At the end of the 19th century, part of the year, during the Second World War, but both times are linked by the fact that the action takes place in Vilnius.
While writing the book, the author lived in Vilnius and learned Lithuanian. “It’s great to write about Vilnius, but it’s also difficult, because no one has written about it before. (…) I wrote a novel, one of whose characters would be the city of Vilnius, ”said S. Collishaw in an interview.
Jonathan Franzen, Corrections
American writer Johnathan Franzen in 2001. The novel Corrections, published in the 21st century, is often considered one of the best of the 21st century. novels. This novel tells the story of the 20th century. the second half of American life.
“Scanpix” nuotr./Jonathanas Franzenas
Part of the action in the novel takes place in Lithuania. Chip, one of the characters in the novel, flees to Lithuania in the United States, fleeing from trouble, from where he deceives American investors online. He is assisted by the Lithuanian Gitanas Misevičius.
Don’t expect a good image of Lithuania from this book. In the novel, Lithuania is depicted as a violently overwhelmed backward country, where people eat horse meat and people are shot in the street. Finally, after the outbreak of violence in Lithuania, Chip has to flee the country.
The book was rebuked by the then Lithuanian ambassador to the United States, Vygaudas Ušackas, who later claimed that the work could create a distorted image of Lithuania. The book was translated into Lithuanian.
Gint Aras, “Finding the Moon in Sugar”
This book written in the United States is unique on this list because its author is of Lithuanian origin, although he was born in Chicago. 1973 Karolis Gintaras Žukauskas, born 1945, presents himself to the United States under the pseudonym Gint Aro, and this book tells the story of Andrew, an eighteen-year-old American who falls in love with a Lithuanian and later flies to Lithuania.
Photo by Tauras Baublis / Karolis Gintaras Žukauskas
About three-quarters of 2009 The action of the published book takes place in Lithuania, where Andrew has many adventures. As the writer also visited Lithuania for the first time at the age of 19, there is no doubt that the book is full of reflections on the writer’s experience. And see what Lithuania looks like in the eyes of a curious foreigner.
Some of Andrew’s ideas about Lithuania can be ridiculous and surprising. For example, this is: “Vilnius is like The Lord of the Rings: a small town where everyone sells jewelery and gold, plus really expensive plaids, sweaters and pants.”
The book has not been translated into Lithuanian. 15 minutes read the interview with the writer here.
Chaimas Grade’as, “Aguna”
1961 The action of a book published in Israel by the Jewish writer Chaim Grade takes place in interwar Vilnius.
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