Summary of The Last GirlÂ
“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 GirlÂ
“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