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In the Shadow of Wolves
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 meticulous research, Alvydas Šlepikas's stunningly powerful debut novel has won over readers and critics across the world.
Voices of the Lost
'Barakat isn't writing about 'the immigrant'. She's writing about the human.' Rumaan Alam, author of Leave the World Behind Shortlisted for the Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Translation * Longlisted for the DUBLIN Literary Award, 2022 Winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, a devastating story of displacement, war, and the unlikely glimmer of hope in the dark In an unnamed country torn apart by war, six strangers are compelled to share their darkest secrets. Taking pen to paper, each attempts to put in writing what they can’t bring themselves to say to the person they love – mother, father, brother, lost love. Their words form a chain of dark confessions, none of wh...
Mijn naam is Marytė
Wanneer het Rode Leger Oost-Pruisen (toen Duits gebied) binnenvalt in de Tweede Wereld Oorlog, lijdt de Duitse bevolking honger en kou. Duizenden kinderen verliezen hun ouders en gaan op weg naar het nabijgelegen Litouwen om te werken en om te bedelen om voedsel. De reis naar het buurland is moeilijk en gevaarlijk, want de Russische soldaten mogen er niet achter komen dat de kinderen Duits zijn. Eenmaal aangekomen in Litouwen, moeten de zogenaamde wolfskinderen, ronddwalende kinderen op zoek naar eten en onderdak, vijandigheid en misbruik trotseren. Ondanks al deze ellende, zijn er toch momenten van hoop in de levens van de oorlogsweeskinderen. Mijn naam is Marytė vertelt het verhaal van de...
Il mio nome è Marytė
Le vicende raccontate in questo libro si svolgono durante l’inverno e la primavera del 1946 in quella che per molti secoli (e fino a pochi mesi prima) si era chiamata Prussia orientale. Con la fine della seconda guerra mondiale questa regione, a lungo condivisa e contesa da popoli diversi, scomparve dalla carta geografica. La propaganda sovietica dipinse l’intera zona come un covo fascista da conquistare e distruggere e i soldati dell’Armata Rossa furono esplicitamente esortati a saccheggiare, depredare, uccidere e a vendicarsi sull’inerme popolazione locale. Dopo la sconfitta nazista Eva e Marta, come molte altre donne di origine tedesca, sono rimaste sole ad occuparsi dei numerosi ...
La violenza dei vinti
Il direttore della polizia dell’Attica, il nostro amato Kostas Charitos, e la sua sostituta a capo della squadra omicidi, Antigone Ferleki, si trovano a dover affrontare una nuova, spinosa, indagine. Un professore universitario, che si era attirato molte antipatie da parte di allievi e colleghi, è stato ucciso nel suo ufficio durante una manifestazione studentesca sfociata in scontri con la polizia. Mentre le prime ricerche si concentrano sugli studenti della vittima e sulle persone a lui più vicine, un secondo omicidio scombina le carte in tavola agli inquirenti, aprendo diverse, inaspettate, prospettive. Ma, purtroppo, non è finita qui e l’atroce scia di delitti continua ad allungar...
Gyvenimo stebėtojo memuarai
Interneto tautosaka tapę „užkietėjusio“ vilniečio pasakojimai apie anų ir šių laikų gyvenimą sostinėje, tuometinėje sovietų imperijoje ir posovietiniame plačiajame pasaulyje, su atitinkama leksika ir juokeliais, dažnai priverčiantys nusišypsoti, o kartais – net ir raitytis iš juoko. Iš pirmo žvilgsnio, regis, neišskirtinės istorijos, iš kurių rašytojas sugeba sukurti unikaliai patrauklius pasakojimus. „Pasakotojas prasideda nuo matymo. Nemokantis matyti, nesugebantis pastebėti žmogus niekada ir nieko nepapasakos. Regimantas moka matyti. Atsiverskite ir patys įsitikinsite“, – apie šią knygą rašo žurnalo „Verslo klasė“ redaktorius Aurelijus Katkevičius.
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This Brutal House
Set across the arc of an active protest and the lives behind it – a group of silent Mothers, and one of their children now working for the city – This Brutal House explores a group’s resilience, trauma, and determination to hold truth to power. On the steps of New York's City Hall, five aging Mothers sit in silent protest. They are the guardians of the Ballroom community - queer men who opened their hearts and homes to countless lost children, providing safe spaces for them to explore their true selves. Through epochs of city nightlife, from draconian to liberal, the Children have been going missing; their absences ignored by the authorities and uninvestigated by the police. In a final...
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