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Home / Gift Shop / Books / Books in Lithuanian / Kai Lietuva valdė pasaulį / When Lithuania Ruled the World

Kai Lietuva valdė pasaulį / When Lithuania Ruled the World

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Leidėjas/Publisher: Aukso žuvys
Išleidimo metai/Publication Date: 2017
Formatas/Fromat: minkšti viršeliai/soft cover
Puslapių skaičius/Pages: 410
Kalba/Language: lithuanian and english

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SKU: 3052 Categories: Books in English, Books in Lithuanian, History, Lithuanian Book Club
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A cycle of four plays in English and Lithuanian.

The play non-traditionally combines a variety of genres: farce, tragedy, grotesque, magic realism, and „pseudo-classicism.“ The action takes place in the 13th through 15th centuries with occasional leaps into the 20th century. Slang, pop culture elements, humor, and anachronisms abound.

The author of the play, Kestutis Nakas is an American of Lithuanian parentage. Growing up in the southwest United States he was fascinated by his parent’s lost homeland, idealizing it in his imagination. Later, as an actor and director in New York’s downtown East Village scene of the 1980’s, he wrote and directed “When Lithuania Ruled the World” in several downtown venues. Full of stylistic juxtapositions the play was a critical success. Among Lithuanian-Americans the reaction was mixed: some were offended while others loved it. Read the play and see why!

„Kai Lietuva valdė pasaulį“ – 4 dalių avangardinė pjesė apie Lietuvos istoriją.

Kęstučio Nako pjesė „Kai Lietuva valdė pasaulį / When Lithuania Ruled the World“, knygoje publikuojama dviem kalbomis (lietuvių ir anglų), yra provokuojanti, romantiška, stebinanti ir kartais absurdiška. Joje netradiciškai susipina įvairūs žanrai: farsas, tragedija, groteskas, magiškasis realizmas, „pseudo klasika“.
Veiksmas vyksta XIII ir XV a., tačiau kartais nušoka ir į XX a., vartojamas žargonas, pop kultūros elementai, humoras, anachronizmai. Pjesės autorius – lietuvių kilmės amerikietis Kęstutis Nakas – augo amerikietiškoje aplinkoje ir savo tėvynę kūrėsi tik vaizduotėje, tačiau Lietuva nesidomėti negalėjo. Tapęs aktoriumi ir režisieriumi, nusprendė pastatyti spektaklį apie Lietuvos istoriją. Vieni žiūrovai šį spektaklį priimdavo audringomis ovacijomis, kiti pasipiktinę palikdavo teatrų sales. Tik perskaičius pjesę galima suprasti, kodėl.

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