In the shadow of the Devil

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Sklaidos publikacijos / Dissemination publications
Document Type:
Straipsnis / Article
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
In the shadow of the Devil
Authors:
Kalėda, Algis
In the Journal:
Vilnius review. 2008, 24, p. 7-10
Subject Category:
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Grigorijus Kanovičius; Kapinynai. Pilkapiai / Barrow. Burials; Lietuvių literatūra / Lithuanian literature; Nusikaltimai žmogiškumui / Crime against humanity; Politinės partijos / Political parties; Proza / Prose; Etninės grupės / Ethnic groups; Holokaustas / Holocaust.
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LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Antrasis pasaulinis karas, 1939-1945 (World War II); Grigorijus Kanovičius; Holokaustas; Kapinės; Komunistai; Lietuviai; Literatūra; Lietuvos žydai; Nacistai; Nacizmas; Romanas „Šėtono apžavai“; Žydai; Cemetery; Communists; Grigorijus Kanovičius; Holocaust; II World War; Jews; Lithuanian Jews; Lithuanian literature; Lithuanians; Nazis; Nazism; Novel „Šėtono apžavai“ (The Devil's Spell).

ENKanovičius’ novels have enriched Lithuanian literature with new artistic paradigms. This was not only the theme of the fate of the Jews (for other authors, primarily Icchokas Meras, also write about it), but first of all an originally arranged composition, individual and never before seen portraits of characters, and an especially suggestive narrative in which realistic images, mythological parables, confessional monologues and the polyphonic counterpoints of the tale merge into a whole. The writer resorts to aphoristic generalisations and ordinary details of everyday life, and raises the craft of the dressmaker, shoemaker, craftsman or gravedigger to a metaphysical level, projecting the characters’ individual feelings on to a genuine human plane into a timeless space. [Extract, p. 7]

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1648-7354
Subject:
Literatūrologija / Literary Studies
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