Life should be Transparent : : Conversations about Lithuania and Europe in the Twentieth Century and Today /

Life should be Transparent : : Conversations about Lithuania and Europe in the Twentieth Century and Today / / Aurimas Svedas.

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This book of thirteen conversations introduces us to the life of an exceptional person—theatre critic, Germanist, and long-time chair of the Open Lithuania Fund board—Irena Veisaitė. The dialogue between Lithuanian historian Aurimas Švedas and a woman who reflects deeply on her experiences reveals b...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2020
VerfasserIn:
Svedas, Aurimas,
MitwirkendeR:
Gruodis, Karla,
Place / Publishing House:Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (382 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction. Engaging Memory and History
  • Acknowledgements
  • Conversation I. Life Should Be Transparent
  • Conversation II. We Could All See That Lithuania Was Trapped
  • Conversation III. What Had Happened to the World?
  • Conversation IV. To Forgive and Build the Future—These Are the Duties of the Living
  • Conversation V. I Was Surrounded by Very Good People
  • Conversation VI. I Needed a Change
  • Conversation VII. I Saw My Work as a Kind of Mission
  • Conversation VIII. The Theatre Suits My Interests and Temperament Perfectly
  • Conversation IX. People Developed Close Relationships within “Islands”
  • Conversation X. Why Was Faust Redeemed, Even After Making a Pact with the Devil?
  • Conversation XI. I Felt a Powerful Connection with My Spiritual Brothers
  • Conversation XII. I Regret Nothing, But I Continue to Pay Dearly for My Decisions
  • Conversation XIII. It Is Probably Only Possible to Feel a Part of History Once in One’s Lifetime
  • In Lieu of an Epilogue. More and More Questions, But Fewer and Fewer Answers
  • Appendices. Voices from the Past
  • Appendix I. What Questions Matter the Most to Me Now?
  • Appendix II. Texts and Statements
  • Appendix III. Letters
  • Appendix IV. Post Scriptum
  • Key Biographical Events
  • Photos
  • Index

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