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."

Ten stories on the border of fiction and essay, in which the experiences of life "are unrecognizably transformed, like the flour, eggs, nuts, and apples in a cake."

About the Author
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. 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.


Book Information
ISBN 9781564788597
Author Giedra Radvilaviciute
Format Paperback
Page Count 129
Imprint Dalkey Archive Press
Publisher Dalkey Archive Press
Weight(grams) 181g