In the Shadow of Wolves, Alvydas Slepikas
In the Shadow of Wolves, Alvydas Slepikas
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In the Shadow of Wolves

Author: Alvydas Šlepikas, Romas Kinka

Narrator: Kathleen Gati

Unabridged: 5 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/19/2019

Synopsis

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 Šlepikas'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.

About Alvydas Šlepikas

Alvydas Šlepikas is one of the most multitalented contemporary Lithuanian writers – he is a poet, prose writer, playwright, screenwriter, actor and director. He has edited the Spring Poetry Festival anthologies and published two poetry collections. He has also edited the Lithuanian cultural weekly Literatūra ir menas, and currently oversees the fiction section of this journal. In the Shadow of Wolves, which was named Book of the Year in Lithuania in 2012, is his first novel.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Angela M on July 06, 2019

Even though I read the description, I not was really prepared for this book about the “Wolf children” of Germany enduring horrific hardship as the Russian invade at the tail end of WWII. Many German women and their children were starving, freezing, beaten by Russian soldiers, and worse as their husb......more

Goodreads review by Canadian Jen on November 09, 2019

A stunning and vivid account of children, who were WW2 survivors in Germany, and their journeys of survival emerging from the woods to go to Lithuania to try to bring food back to their starving families. Another sad and courageous story of the impact of this violent and horrific war. 4⭐️......more

Goodreads review by 8stitches 9lives on June 09, 2019

In the Shadow of Wolves, Alvydas Slepikas's stunning debut and Winner of the Georg Dehio Book Prize 2018, is a fact-meets-fiction historical novel and I found my heart breaking time and time again whilst reading. It tells the story of destitute German women and children and their fight for survival......more

Goodreads review by Ugnė | pilna_lentyna on July 10, 2021

Knyga pasakoja apie ,,vilko vaikus" - tuos, kurie išliko gyvi po Antrojo pasaulinio karo. Rytų Prūsijoje gyvenę mažieji keliaudavo į Lietuvą tam, kad elgetaudami ar dirbdami ūkininkams, galėtų parnešti maisto savo namuose likusioms mamoms ir broliams bei seserims. ⠀ ⠀ Istorija prasideda pasakojimu api......more

Goodreads review by Rasa|Knygų princesė on November 29, 2021

Aš žinojau, kad romanai apie karą žiaurūs. Vis paskaitau kokį ir ilgam nebenoriu. Na, o šis Alvydo Šlepiko kūrinys, ypatingai tikroviškas, net ik suvirpinęs širdį, bet ir praplėtęs istorines žinias. Tai pasakojimas apie Vilko vaikus, bado genamus Prūsijos mažuosius gyventojus, keliavusius į Lietuvą.......more

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