A SILVA RERUM – or  Latin for “forest of things”– was a family chronicle filled in by each passing generation, popular in 17th-18th century Lithuania and Poland. So why did Jan Maciej Narwoysz feel fear each time he opened his family silva and took the quill in his hand?

Interlaced with actual historical events and characters, SILVA RERUM is set in 17th century Samogitia and Vilnius and narrates the fate of the Narwoysz family, a gripping story of fatal love, deeply rooted superstitions, freedom of will and what it takes to look in the eye of the Vilnius Basilisk – the legendary creature with a lethal glance.

Awards: Book of the Year 2009, Jurga Ivanauskaite Award 2009

ISBN 978-9955-23-200-1

II Edition ISBN: 978-9955-23-225-4

III Edition ISBN 978-9955-23-225-4 

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