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Vilnius / Vilnius
A City in Europe
With photographs by Arunas Baltenas
»Nobody can claim that Vilnius is his alone. The sheer fantastic fusion of languages, religions and national traditions in a city that ignores political boundaries was what recent arrivals always noticed, while its inhabitants were of the opinion that things couldn’t be any other way«.
Masterfully combining history, geography, personal memories and political reflection with each other, the Lithuanian lyricist and essayist paints a picture of his city, which, like hardly any other, can stand for the success and failure of the »European dream«.
Masterfully combining history, geography, personal memories and political reflection with each other, the Lithuanian lyricist and essayist paints a picture of his city, which, like hardly any other, can stand for the success and failure of the »European dream«.
»Tomas Venclova belongs to a distinguished line of late-twentieth-century poets, one which includes Czeslaw Milosz, Joseph Brodsky, and Adam Zagajewski.« Sven Birkerts, Harvard Review
»Venclova deals with the shifting power relations and borders in this ›city on the edge of Europe‹, incorporating topography, architecture, religion, liberation movements, and the arts.« Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
»Tomas Venclova belongs to a distinguished line of late-twentieth-century poets, one which includes Czeslaw Milosz, Joseph Brodsky, and Adam Zagajewski.« Sven Birkerts, Harvard Review
»Venclova deals with the shifting power relations and borders in this ›city on the edge of Europe‹, incorporating topography, architecture, religion, liberation movements, and the arts.« Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
2006, 246 pages
Persons
Tomas Venclova
Author
Tomas Venclova, born in Lithuania in 1937, is professor emeritus of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Yale University.
Tomas Venclova
Author
Tomas Venclova, born in Lithuania in 1937, is professor emeritus of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Yale University.
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