LEADER 04624oam 22006254a 450 001 9910795614203321 005 20220808173233.0 010 $a963-386-359-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9789633863602 035 $a(CKB)5590000000002055 035 $a(OCoLC)1196891153 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse81925 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6571527 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6571527 035 $a(OCoLC)1249471391 035 $a(DE-B1597)633622 035 $a(DE-B1597)9789633863602 035 $a(OCoLC)1338018521 035 $a(EXLCZ)995590000000002055 100 $a20191210d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLife should be Transparent$eConversations about Lithuania and Europe in the Twentieth Century and Today /$fAurima S?vedas, Irena Veisaite? ; translated from the Lithuanian by Karla Gruodis 210 1$aNew York :$cCentral European University Press,$d2020. 210 3$aBaltimore, Md. :$cProject MUSE,$d2020 210 4$dİ2020. 215 $a1 online resource 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a963-386-360-0 327 $tFrontmatter --$tCONTENTS --$tIntroduction. Engaging Memory and History --$tAcknowledgements --$tConversation I. Life Should Be Transparent --$tConversation II. We Could All See That Lithuania Was Trapped --$tConversation III. What Had Happened to the World? --$tConversation IV. To Forgive and Build the Future?These Are the Duties of the Living --$tConversation V. I Was Surrounded by Very Good People --$tConversation VI. I Needed a Change --$tConversation VII. I Saw My Work as a Kind of Mission --$tConversation VIII. The Theatre Suits My Interests and Temperament Perfectly --$tConversation IX. People Developed Close Relationships within ?Islands? --$tConversation X. Why Was Faust Redeemed, Even After Making a Pact with the Devil? --$tConversation XI. I Felt a Powerful Connection with My Spiritual Brothers --$tConversation XII. I Regret Nothing, But I Continue to Pay Dearly for My Decisions --$tConversation XIII. It Is Probably Only Possible to Feel a Part of History Once in One?s Lifetime --$tIn Lieu of an Epilogue. More and More Questions, But Fewer and Fewer Answers --$tAppendices. Voices from the Past --$tAppendix I. What Questions Matter the Most to Me Now? --$tAppendix II. Texts and Statements --$tAppendix III. Letters --$tAppendix IV. Post Scriptum --$tKey Biographical Events --$tPhotos --$tIndex 330 $a"This book of thirteen conversations introduces us to the life of an exceptional person-theatre critic, Germanist, and long-time chair of the Open Lithuania Fund board Irena Veisaite?. The dialogue between Lithuanian historian Aurimas S?vedas and a woman who reflects deeply on her experiences reveals both one individual's historically dramatic life and the fate of Europe and Lithuania in the twentieth century. Through the complementary lenses of history and memory, we confront with Veisaite? the horrific events of the Holocaust, which brought about the end of the Lithuanian Jewish world. We also meet an array of world-class cultural figures, see fragments of legendary theatre performances, and hear meaningful words that were spoken or heard decades ago. This book's interlocutors do not so much seek to answer the question "What was it like?" but instead repeatedly ask each other: "What, how, and why do we remember? What is the meaning of our experiences? How can history help us to live in the present and create the future? How do we learn to understand and forgive?" A series of Veisaite?'s texts, statements, and letters, presented at the end of the book suggest further ways of answering these questions"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aHolocaust survivors$zLithuania$vBiography 606 $aJews$zLithuania$vBiography 606 $aCollege teachers$zLithuania$vBiography 606 $aTheater critics$zLithuania$vInterviews 606 $aTheater critics$zLithuania$vBiography 610 $aBiography, Holocaust, Jewish studies, Literature, Lithuania, Open society, Soviet Union, Theater. 615 0$aHolocaust survivors 615 0$aJews 615 0$aCollege teachers 615 0$aTheater critics 615 0$aTheater critics 676 $a891/.928303 700 $aS?vedas$b Aurimas$01504818 702 $aGruodis$b Karla 702 $aVeisaite?$b Irena 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910795614203321 996 $aLife should be Transparent$93734047 997 $aUNINA