The big day has finally come! For the past couple months we've been analysing written works of various foreign authors. Yet, at some point we need to get back in touch with our roots. Due to high demand, I've finally decided to annotate one of our beloved authors book—let it be “Prarasta pažadėtoji žemė” by Jurga Ivanauskaitė.
A lot of us are used to associating the word “roman” with some kind of cliché love stories. In spite of that, in reality this word can be much more diverse. “Prarasta pažadėtoji žemė” is the final book in trilogy of books focused on presenting Tibet. We do have a lot of text dedicated to describe the nature, the people here, yet the story brings so much more than just plain images of places to visit. Stepping into a foreign world - together with the author - we gradually get acknowledged with the beauty of Tibetan culture, refined through centuries. An infinite devotion to glorifying the gods, finding your own path in faith; an ability to put all of negative emotions aside, to conquer physical pain and enjoy, appreciate your presence; a whole life dedicated to bringing out the inner calm—with all of this and much more we get introduced throughout pages of the book, gradually getting to know more about this civilisation to be lost. Even though the piece was born in XXth century, we can still relate to many issues raised in the roman. Unfortunately, this is the price of living in a modern age. Times change but we can remain our true selves if we really strike for. Here's a quotation from the book to justify my words:
“As long as there is ego, ghouls of mind and outer demons will exist, fear and horror will triumph.”
-yogi Mačig Labdron
