Summary of The Last Girl 

 

“The Last Girl” tells the story of an elderly poet in Vilnius in the 1990s who reminisces about a Jewish girl he fell in love with during the Second World War but ultimately let down.

Reasons to read The Last Girl 

 

“The Last Girl” is a beautifully written debut novel by English writer Stephan Collishaw, and a good introduction to Lithuania in the 1940s and 1990s.

Setting: Vilnius (Lithuania)

Original title: The Last Girl

Year of publication: 2003

Nr of pages: 310