Ričardas Gavelis Books

Ričardas Gavelis, a prose writer, playwright, and essayist, stands as Lithuanian literature's most incisive critic of totalitarianism, often credited with originating the central metaphor of Vilnius as the 'anus of the universe.' His work delved into the deformations of the Lithuanian psyche and exposed the impact of ideologies on the individual. Gavelis's prose, frequently evoking Kafkaesque realms, pioneered new avenues of social critique through an analytical, phantasmagorical, and metaphorical style. He bravely dismantled national taboos, championed reason and spiritual freedom, and fearlessly depicted intimacy and eroticism, thereby liberating Lithuanian literature from provincialism.