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Informationen zum Autor Alvydas Šlepikas is one of the most multi-talented contemporary Lithuanian writers – he is a poet, prose writer, playwright, screenwriter, actor and director. His works include two books of poetry, a short story collection and a novel, Mano vardas – Maryte ( My Name is Maryte , 2012). He has frequently edited editions originating from the annual Spring Poetry Festival, edited the cultural weekly, Literatura ir menas , and currently oversees the fiction section of this journal. Klappentext As the Russians advance into East Prussia, women and children are forced out of their homes to make way for the victorious troops.¿ Their fight for survival is only just beginning... Facing critical food shortages and the onset of a bitterly cold winter, some of the older children, the 'wolf children' secretly cross the border into Lithuania, begging the local farmers for work or food they can take back to their starving families.¿ Cinematic and elegantly written, Alvydas¿¿lepikas's debut novel, based on real-life events, is both meticulously researched and stunningly powerful. It won numerous awards on publication and took Lithuania by storm.¿ Zusammenfassung A powerful story of survival and resilience in a world devastated by the Second World War
