Underground: A Novel
Underground might be described as a historical love story, but it is also a political military/spy thriller. Sileika writes with a spare style that suits the action sequences as well as the rare moments of tenderness or humour. Entertaining and sometimes shocking, the book describes a little-known period of European history that has been kept underground far too long. (Vancouver Sun)...full of poetry and wisdom gorgeously expressed... a brilliant, highly accessible military history, one that remains largely repressed--underground-- in the East and in the West. (Globe and Mail)It's a curious novel telling an unusual story...One of the best descriptions of life on the run by dedicated partisans, it's brutal in places, heroic in others, and always rewarding. (Owen Sound Sun Times)In an uncompromising novel, post-war Lithuania receives its due. (Literary Review of Canada)Sileika's novel is a gripping tale...engag[ing] the reader to the last page. (National Post)