{"id":265806,"date":"2008-11-04T20:17:14","date_gmt":"2008-11-04T20:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wdev.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent-dev\/2008\/11\/04\/galley-giveaway\/"},"modified":"2018-04-16T17:27:39","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T17:27:39","slug":"galley-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/2008\/11\/04\/galley-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Galley Giveaway"},"content":{"rendered":"

We haven’t done this before, but we have a couple extra copies of the galley for Vilnius Poker<\/em> by Ricardas Gavelis<\/a> and rather than let them rot, we thought we’d pass them along to you.<\/p>\n

Considered to be one of the turning points in contemporary Lithuanian literature, Vilnius Poker<\/em> is an ambitious book that—from four different, contradictory viewpoints—details life (and paranoia) in Lithuanian during the Soviet years. <\/p>\n

I’m attaching a sample below, and if you’re interested in getting one of these galleys, just e-mail me at chad.post at rochester dot edu by tomorrow at 5pm. Winners (who must live in the U.S.—sorry) will be randomly selected from everyone who enters. <\/p>\n

Here’s the sample:<\/a><\/p>\n

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The entire story of Camus\u2019 life always seemed somewhat strange to me. Hidden in the sands of Algeria, he, of course, could have come across more essential<\/em> things than the inhabitants of the large metropolitan centers can. In a center of culture and learning, in the hum of people, they<\/em> feel safe, they<\/em> blend into the crowd, into the profusion of words and opinions. They<\/em> always dictate intellectual fashions, by this method concealing things that are troublesome to them.<\/em> Inhabitants of obscure places have far more time to delve into the essence of the world, but also far fewer chances for their ideas to reach humanity. Camus successfully reconciled the qualities of a hermit and Europe\u2019s darling.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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His spiritual activity was twofold. Some of his writings, let\u2019s say, The Myth of Sisyphus,<\/em> seem to indicate that Camus was practically an apologist for their activities. This is partly confirmed by his Nobel Prize (_almost_ always it\u2019s their emissaries who determine the awarding of official prizes: I emphasize\u2014neither Joyce, nor Kafka, nor Genet received any prizes).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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On the other hand, The Plague<\/em> or The Stranger<\/em> brazenly intrude into their<\/em> inviolable domain. The portrayal of the plague is strongly suggestive of an allegory of their<\/em> system, while Mersault is one of the most influential portraits of a kanuked being. There\u2019s no sense in delving into Camus\u2019 real activities\u2014the most significant things won\u2019t be found in the tangle of his biography. But his death is worth pondering. Perhaps at first Camus was an obedient (let\u2019s say an inadvertent) servant of theirs,<\/em> and later he saw through things. Maybe he was cleverly feigning all the time, secretly damaging them.<\/em> We can only speculate. One way or another, he slowly began behaving in an unacceptable manner; maybe he even did things to them that are forbidden to talk about (even to think<\/em> about them is dangerous). Retribution was quick. The fatalistic death, the lost manuscripts\u2014all of that\u2019s in an all too familiar style. Gediminas\u2019s letters also disappeared without a trace.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Camus\u2019 precedent was the first I wrote into the great list of their victims.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The fact that you won\u2019t find straightforward information about<\/em> them in books ultimately proves that<\/em> they exist.<\/em> It would be easy to fight with a concrete societal or political organization that everyone knows or has at least come across. An identified enemy is almost<\/em> a conquered enemy. Everyone would have risen up against them a long time ago, they<\/em> would have been destroyed at some point. Unfortunately, their<\/em> race exists and works harmoniously. This proves that they\u2019re hidden, undiscovered, uninvestigated. But whether they<\/em> want to or not, they leave traces behind. All of their<\/em> victims are indelible footprints. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

More can be found here.<\/a> And don’t forget to e-mail me at chad.post at rochester dot edu to be entered in the drawing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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