Tales of Old Vilnius III

The Old Town of Vilnius has 108 streets, and something is always happening on every one of them. Here, the boundaries between dreams and reality blur, the past is rewritten, carousels appear out of nowhere, curious winds stroll arm-in-arm with fallen angels, golden staircases descend from the sky, and even Death herself, obedient to a city custom, dances on her tiptoes in the middle of Cathedral Square, making a wish while another summer thunderstorm rumbles. "The Tales of Old Vilnius" is a kaleidoscope of stirring and strange stories, legends, and mysteries, the main character of which is the city. In Max Frei's Vilnius, people drink coffee, draw with chalk, play backgammon, dream, fashion birds out of paper bags—in short, they do everything that many have long and deeply loved in his books.