Dalia Grinkevičiūtė's writings are now firmly placed within the Lithuanian literary canon. Her formative teenage years were spent enduring the harsh realities of Siberian gulags, experiences that profoundly shaped her literary voice. Despite further deportations after returning to her homeland, she pursued medical studies, yet her writing remained a central focus. Her work is distinguished by its deeply personal perspective and its exploration of themes of survival and human resilience.
An extraordinary piece of international survival literature, joining the likes of Primo Levi and Anne Frank. A beautiful memoir of resilience through Soviet repression and the Gulag that, like the author, beats the odds to survive.