ricardo gavelis – Three Percent /College/translation/threepercent a resource for international literature at the University of Rochester Mon, 16 Apr 2018 16:16:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Vilius Poker Book Trailer [LOCK YOUR DOORS] /College/translation/threepercent/2011/11/07/vilius-poker-book-trailer-lock-your-doors/ /College/translation/threepercent/2011/11/07/vilius-poker-book-trailer-lock-your-doors/#respond Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:30:50 +0000 http://www.wdev.rochester.edu/College/translation/threepercent-dev/2011/11/07/vilius-poker-book-trailer-lock-your-doors/ This isn’t exactly how I pitched when we released it, but, well, this trailer is a stylized, frightening representation of one of our most popular titles.

We had nothing to do with this, which, in a way, makes it even cooler to find it online . . . Apparently this was put together by the fine folks from Books from Lithuania, who have now released

I’m never sure off the effectiveness of these sorts of things, but when I started watching this late Saturday night, I double-checked my door locks when it got to the line: She’s fascinated by the smell of the concentration camp that has permeated his body.

/shiver

Ironically, this Lithuanian novel, which was translated by the award-winning Elizabeth Novickas, was also featured in another video—one that also emphasizes the “Lithanian zombie” aspect, but with a totally different tone:

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