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Mysterious “KGB Children” 2013-05-17

Urtė Navalinskaitė

The detective novel (or perhaps thriller) “KGB Children” was published at the beginning of this year. J. Žilinskas intended to tell to younger readers what Lithuania was like seventeen years ago and made a good work in the book. The entire novel is full of the dark spirit of early years of Lithuania’s Independence.

Translator G.Pulokas. Photo by Julius Keleras

Translator G.Pulokas: “I Translate Only What is Interesting to Me” 2013-05-20

Rūta Šetikaitė

Buyers enjoying a recently published book of a foreign author do not usually pay attention to one of the most important persons who assisted in the publication of such a book – the translator. The interview with Gediminas Pulokas, who helps to discover more books of Russian and English-speaking writers, is about the invisible work of a translator.

The world according to Tomas Šinkariukas 2013-05-28

Rūta Šetikaitė

The writer Tomas Šinkariukas does not advertise himself in the press, does not organise pompous presentations of books and expresses bitter criticism about mass culture. Also, he asserts that art is of no use in general. Nonetheless, he writes. About his imagination – world of phantoms.

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