Pas dangaus vartus

by Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius

Aštuonioliktoji serijos „Lietuvių literatūros lobynas. XX a.“ knyga.

Vincas Krėvė (tikr. Mickevičius) (1882–1954) – vienas ryškiausių talentų XX a. lietuvių literatūroje. Jis siekė suprasti, kas kilo iš tautos patirties ir kas ėjo į ją iš pasaulio. Daugialypės rašytojo prozos kontekste išsiskiria kūriniai, vaizduojantys kasdienio gyvenimo pasaulį, neatskiriamą nuo aukštųjų dvasinių priedermių. Šią jungtį įkūnija ypatingi skerdžiaus, raganiaus personažai.

Į rinktinę taip pat patenka „Skirgaila“ – drama iš Lietuvos praeities, priklausanti nacionalinės dramaturgijos aukso fondui.

638 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Vincas Mickevičius (October 19, 1882 – July 17, 1954), better known by his pen name Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius, was a Lithuanian writer, poet, novelist, playwright and philologist. He is also known as Vincas Krėvė, the shortened name he used in the United States.
The literary production of Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius is wide and varied. It included historical dramas, collections of folklore, short stories and sketches of village life, novels on contemporary problems, and tales based on oriental themes. At his death he was engaged on a major work entitled Sons of Heaven and Earth, which defies classification. It is written partly as drama and partly as a narration; its subjects are biblical with the action taking place in Palestine at the beginning of the Christian era. His work filled with a romantic impulse, drawing attention to rural life and oriental themes, is balanced with realistic narration and description. His writing is characterized by an unusually large vocabulary with remarkable purity. Some scholars sustain that Lithuanian language acquired a range of expression through his works only rivaled by that of Ancient Greece.