Vilnius: City of Strangers two-thirds of whom are Jewish

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6 x 9 inHardcover

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Vilnius: City of Strangers two-thirds of whom are JewishBy Laimonas BriedisBaltos LankosPublished in 2009 296 pages, 9. 25 x 6 inPaperback This book explores the history of Vilnius, from its legendary beginnings in the fourteenth century to the twentieth century dramas of wars, revolutions, and massacres, through the insightful impressions of foreign travelers. Napoleon, Dostoyevsky, Stendhal, Dblin, Tolstoy, Bakhtin, and Brodsky: these voicesamong others equally compelling though lesser knownreveal the