| Those Whom I Would Like to Meet Again Contributor(s): Radvilaviciute, Giedra (Author), Novickas, Elizabeth (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1564788598 ISBN-13: 9781564788597 Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press OUR PRICE: $12.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2013001690 |
| Series: Lithuanian Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.58" W x 8.49" (0.40 lbs) 129 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In ten of her best essay-stories, Giedra Radvilaviciute travels between the ridiculous and the sublime, the everyday and the extraordinary. In the place of plot, which the author claims to have had "shot and buried with the proper honors," the reader finds a dense, subtly interwoven structure of memory and reality, banalities and fantasy, all served up with a good dollop of absurdity and humor. We travel from the old town of Vilnius to Chicago's Brighton Park neighborhood, from the seaside to a local delicatessen, all in a narrative collage as exquisitely detailed as a bouquet of flowers. As in all of her work, Radvilaviciute plays with the genres of fiction and nonfiction, essay and short story, leading the experiences of life to be "unrecognizably transformed, like the flour, eggs, nuts, and apples in a cake." |
Contributor Bio(s): Radvilaviciute, Giedra: - Giedra Radvilavi?i?te studied philology and literature at Vilnius University. She has worked as a teacher and as an editor, and her work has been published in numerous journals, as well as the inaugural volume of Best European Fiction. She has published two books of her essays in Lithuania.Novickas, Elizabeth: - Giedra Radvilavi?i?te studied philology and literature at Vilnius University. She has worked as a teacher and as an editor, and her work has been published in numerous journals, as well as the inaugural volume of Best European Fiction. She has published two books of her essays in Lithuania. |