Siberian Haikus

Author: Vile Jurgas
Artist: Itagaki Lina
Publisher: Samokat
ISBN: 978-5-00167-196-1
Pages: 240 (Offset)
Cover type: 7B - hardback (thick paper or cardboard)
Illustrations: Black-and-white + color
Dimensions: 237x178x22 mm

"Siberian Haiku" is a graphic novel about a deported Lithuanian family that reflects thousands of other family stories from the 20th century.

"I am Algis, but people usually call me Algjukas. I always dreamed of traveling. But it didn't happen the way I had imagined. At dawn on June 14, 1941, soldiers burst into our home and ordered us to pack up and leave. Leaving our native Lithuania, we didn't know that hard labor, hunger, and angry biting parasites in a cold barrack—our new home in Siberia—lay ahead. How will our lives here turn out? Dad taught us to notice the wonders of the world and to support one another. And we try: we form the "Apples" choir, learn to play musical instruments, and even fall in love. And we never stop hoping to return home."

WARNING!!! Age rating: 18+. The book contains profanity.