{"product_id":"cold-east-gabija-grusaite-f","title":"Cold East","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch6 style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/6243\/8275\/files\/Gabija_Grusaite_Cold_East_sample_LAPAS_books.pdf?v=1588348099\" style=\"color: #000000;\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003epreview sample\u003c\/a\u003e – \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/stasys-saltoka-gabija-grusaite-f\" style=\"color: #000000;\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003elithuanian edition\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #7552f7;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #7552f7;\"\u003efiction – a new voice that disrupted Lithuanian literature!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn the morning of his 29th birthday, Lithuanian Stasys Šaltoka wakes up next to a woman he doesn’t know, in his own bed, in New York, realising that his days look good only through Instagram filters. Ferocious anxiety lurks under the photogenic everyday surface, and the question WHY? keeps poking him in the back – what the fuck should he do with his life? Stasys decides to change lanes and moves to Southeast Asia. New friends, an occasional wan tan mee, phad thai or mashed potatoes, all drowning in whiskey and sarcasm, leads him to making documentaries about the third world. Yet there is still just silence inside him. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Cold East is the second novel by Gabija Grušaitė, telling the story of today through an inner transformation lens of thirty-year-olds, through the search of profound happiness or meaning while dancing around the surfaces of life, and through human ties.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/6243\/8275\/files\/99_kabute_32x32.png?v=1588077607\" alt=\"\" style=\"float: none; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" data-mce-style=\"float: none; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eCold East is exceptional. Beautifully written and easy to read, it's a book about you and me – post-Soviet hipsters. It’s an intense exploration of values and the meaning of life in a modern Instagram society. I absolutely could not put it down.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e– Rūta Pulkauninkaitė-Macikė, CEO of hotel PACAI \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eGabija Grušaitė's novel exploded like a bomb on the Lithuanian literary scene, dragging us willy-nilly into the 21st century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e– Violeta Kelertas, literary crictic\u003cbr\u003eNew Literature from Europe festival, New York City, 2018\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSearching for the meaning of life hasn’t been dismissed yet, it’s still the eternal quest. And this quest is exactly what the author undertakes. It is shielded by irony, sarcasm, and Instagram filters, but still addressed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e– \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/vilniusreview.com\/reviews\/332-the-meaning-of-life-through-an-instagram-filter\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMarius Burokas, Vilnius Review\u003c\/a\u003e, poet and translator\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/6243\/8275\/files\/kabute_66_32x32.png?v=1588077623\" alt=\"\" style=\"float: none; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" data-mce-style=\"float: none; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eAWARDS\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u0026gt;\u003c\/strong\u003e Jurga Ivanauskaitė Literary Prize (Lithuania, 2018)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u0026gt;\u003c\/strong\u003e Penang Monthly Book Prize (Malaysia, 2018) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u0026gt;\u003c\/strong\u003e European Union Prize for Literature (2019)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u0026gt;\u003c\/strong\u003e Book of the Year in Lithuania (2018)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6 style=\"text-align: start;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: start;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGabija Grušaitė\u003c\/strong\u003e is an author and curator; Cold East is her second novel. A graduate of Anthropology \u0026amp; Media from Goldsmiths College, UK, Gabija has defined her creative pursuit by the relentless search of new horizons through travel. In 2009, she settled in Penang, Malaysia, where she cofounded an independent, contemporary art centre – Hin Bus Depot – as its curator-in-chief. She currently lives in Vilnius, Lithuania with her two Malaysian dogs, Gorgeous and Hazelnut. \u003ca href=\"\/en\/pages\/gabija-grusaite-autoriai\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMore\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cspan\u003eABOUT THE TRANSLATOR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKipras Šumskas\u003c\/strong\u003e has translated movies, magazines, several books, and far too many legal documents. In his spare time, he teaches Creative Thinking to teenagers and kids in informal education projects.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cspan\u003eother books by Gabija Grušaitė\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u0026gt; „Stasys Šaltoka. Vieneri metai“\u003c\/strong\u003e, published by LAPAS books, 2017 \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/stasys-saltoka-gabija-grusaite-f\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMore\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u0026gt;\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e„Neišsipildymas“ (Unfulfilled)\u003c\/strong\u003e, published by LAPAS books, 2020 \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/neissipildymas-gabija-grusaite-f\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMore\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecredits\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003etranslated from Lithuanian\u003c\/strong\u003e by Kipras Šumskas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eoriginal text editor\u003c\/strong\u003e Ūla Ambrasaitė\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003elanguage editor\u003c\/strong\u003e Rosalind Chua\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003edesign\u003c\/strong\u003e Zigmantas Butautis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ecover image\u003c\/strong\u003e The Taable, Eggs and Leggs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISNB \u003c\/span\u003e978-609-8198-14-0\u003cbr\u003e256 pages, 126x196x20 mm\u003cbr\u003esoftcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eoriginal title: \u003c\/strong\u003eGabija Grušaitė, \u003ca href=\"\/en\/products\/stasys-saltoka-gabija-grusaite-f\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e„Stasys Šaltoka. Vieneri metai“\u003c\/a\u003e, published by LAPAS books, 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003efirst English edition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gabija Grušaitė, „Cold East“, translated by Kipras Šumskas, published by \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.clarity8.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eClarity Publishing\u003c\/a\u003e, Malaysia, 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLAPAS books, 2019 September\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gabija Grušaitė","offers":[{"title":"anglų","offer_id":33310595580035,"sku":"F-001-2-S-02","price":14.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"lietuvių","offer_id":33310595481731,"sku":"F-001-1-S","price":14.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/6243\/8275\/products\/gabija-grusaite-cold-east-leidykla-LAPAS-pristatymas_804593c5-625e-4a84-831a-e6c92c0d12ec.jpg?v=1589928625","url":"https:\/\/www.leidyklalapas.lt\/en\/products\/cold-east-gabija-grusaite-f","provider":"Leidykla LAPAS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}