A shtetl is an Eastern European Jewish township, one of which – Jonava – Grigory Kanovich grew up in during…
The Baltics Riveter
Grigory Kanovich is regarded as one of the finest writers on Jewish themes – a giant among both Russian and…
Kristina Sabaliauskaitė is a rare case of bestsellerdom meets quality fiction. An art historian and a former foreign correspondent in…
There’s something rather daunting about reviewing a book in its country of origin, and knowing the author personally and the…
Published just before the collapse of the Soviet Union, this novel became a bestseller and a herald of freedom. International…
Sruoga, a Fitzgeraldesque character, was a revered playwright of pre-war Lithuania. In 1943 the Nazis imprisoned him in Stuthoff, but…