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Lithuania – small country, lots to offer

Many people have no idea about Lithuanian literature, but that could soon change. Lithuania is the Guest of Honor at the Leipzig Book Fair 2017. Books from the Baltics – turbulent history and desire for freedom.

Deutschland Leipziger Buchmesse (picture alliance/dpa/J. Woitas)

      

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