Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Unavailable
    Shadows on the Tundra
    Unavailable
    Shadows on the Tundra
    Unavailable
    Shadows on the Tundra
    Ebook196 pages3 hours

    Shadows on the Tundra

    By Dalia Grinkevičiūtė

    4.5/5

    ()

    Currently unavailable

    Currently unavailable

    About this ebook

    An extraordinary piece of international survival literature, joining the likes of Primo Levi and Anne Frank.

    In 1941, 14-year-old Dalia and her family are deported from their native Lithuania to a labour camp in Siberia. As the strongest member of her family she submits to twelve hours a day of manual labour. At the age of 21, she escapes the gulag and returns to Lithuania. She writes her memories on scraps of paper and buries them in the garden, fearing they might be discovered by the KGB. They are not found until 1991, four years after her death. This is the story Dalia buried. The immediacy of her writing bears witness not only to the suffering she endured but also the hope that sustained her. It is a Lithuanian tale that, like its author, beats the odds to survive.

    Why Peirene chose to publish this book:

    There is only one word to describe this book, extraordinary. It blew me away when I first read it in German translation. Dalia’s account goes far beyond a memoir. This is an outstanding piece of literature which should be read by anyone who wishes to understand the Soviet repression.

    'A distressing historic document and a literary work of great significance.' Neue Zürcher Zeitung

    'An incredible force of language … the story of constant indignation.’JFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPeirene Press
    Release dateJun 19, 2018
    ISBN9781908670458
    Unavailable
    Shadows on the Tundra
    Author

    Dalia Grinkevičiūtė

    Dalia Grinkevičiūtė (1927-1987) was born in Kaunas, the former capital of Lithuania. She spent her teenage years in a Siberian gulag. At 21 she escaped and returned to her home country only to be deported to Siberia once again in 1951. She was released five years later, then studied medicine. Grinkevičiūtė’s writings are now placed firmly in the Lithuanian canon.

    Related to Shadows on the Tundra

    Related ebooks

    True Crime For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      3 Books by Women from the Balkans You Should Be Reading

      Aug 21, 2018

      Women writers from the Balkans rarely reach an English-reading audience, but this year is a notable exception. Three books from the post-Yugoslav space have appeared in the last few months, ranging from a literary journey by master novelist Dubravka

      2 min read

    • Article

      Polish Lessons

      Jun 1, 2022

      Polish Lessons
      14 min read

    • Article

      The Trouble With Russia

      Jun 15, 2022

      I WENT to Tallinn for the Estonian Literary Festival, to interview the Finnish crime writer Leena Lehtolainen and the Welshman Philip Gwynne Jones, who writes murder mysteries in Venice. It was very international, but there was only one country we we

      2 min read

    • Article

      My Father’s House

      Apr 25, 2023

      My Father’s House
      6 min read

    • Article

      Surviving The Straits Of Hell

      Dec 23, 2020

      NINETY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD MOSHE HA-ELION proudly ushers me forward to admire the view from his smart fourteenth-floor apartment overlooking the beach in Bat Yam, south of Jaffa. It is late January and the mist is rising over the Mediterranean as if shield

      9 min read

    • Article

      Messages Of Hope

      Jun 22, 2022

      Messages Of Hope
      5 min read

    • Article

      Diary of a Displaced Person

      Aug 17, 2017

      Diary of a Displaced Person
      6 min read

    • Article

      Books

      Jun 5, 2023

      Books
      6 min read

    • Article

      The History Before Us

      Jan 21, 2019

      The History Before Us
      10 min read

    • Article

      Before 1959, And After

      Jan 22, 2018

      Before 1959, And After
      5 min read

    • Article

      Letter From The Diaspora: Why Ukraine Will Endure

      Mar 24, 2022

      When I close my eyes and think of Ukraine I see sunflowers and red poppies, tables full of food, and smiling faces. It’s how my extended family in Ukraine greets me when I visit.  Since the Feb. 24 invasion, I’ve oscillated between sadness, dread, an

      3 min read

    • Article

      Getting Down to The Bones Of It

      Apr 18, 2022

      The first line on the back of the memoir Prague in My Bones tells us that author Jindra Tichý is one of the most influential Czechs living abroad. The academic, writer and author of 19 novels has been living in Dunedin for the past 35 years. How she

      11 min read

    • Article

      The Art of Fiction No. 241

      Sep 15, 2018

      The Art of Fiction No. 241
      26 min read

    • Article

      Peace Comes With A Smile

      Nov 11, 2019

      Peace Comes With A Smile
      8 min read

    • Article

      The Corridor Stories

      Sep 1, 2022

      The Corridor Stories
      5 min read

    • Article

      The Art of Poetry No. 109

      Sep 8, 2020

      The Art of Poetry No. 109
      31 min read

    • Article

      Anne Frank Writes Her Last Diary Entry

      Jul 9, 2020

      Hidden in a secret annexe, Anne Frank hunches over her diary, the slight scratching of her pen barely breaking the room’s oppressive stillness. It’s the first day of August in 1944, and as Anne adds another entry to her diary – a battered school exer

      5 min read

    Reviews for Shadows on the Tundra

    4.5/5

    6 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words