Birutė Jonuškaitė’s Book “The Gardener of the Underground” Presentation

On November 10, 2026, Tuesday, at 17:00 in the conference hall of Utena A. and M. Miškiniai Public Library, a presentation of writer Birutė Jonuškaitė’s book “The Gardener of the Underground”. Participants include prose writer, poet, book author Birutė Jonuškaitė and sung poetry creator and performer Ilona Papečkytė. During the event, books will be available for purchase. We cordially invite you! ~~~~~ This is a work of fiction based on true facts about the secret print shop “ab” that operated underground in Salų village (Kauno district) from 1979 to 1990, founded by Vytautas Andziulis and Juozas Bacevičius. The secret printing house operating beneath the house remained undetected by Soviet security, and its brochures and publications reached thousands of people. The book’s author wrote about her new novel – “I am grateful to fate that I had the opportunity to meet its founder Vytautas Andziulis (1930-2018), an extraordinary man who, during Soviet occupation, on his own initiative printed forbidden literature”. In Birutė Jonuškaitė’s novel, good struggles against abstract evil – the Soviet system and its fragmentarily lurking tentacles. Moreover, the novel’s hero hides in his underground spaces, and not only survives but even avoids ending up in KGB interrogation rooms. The post Birutė Jonuškaitė’s Book “The Gardener of the Underground” Presentation appeared first on Utena A and M. Miškiniai Public Library.