Description

“While the Arrow Flies” is an opportunity to see Uładzimier Arłou not only as a historian and scholar but also as a wise interlocutor who possesses the rare gift of speaking about complex things simply and about the mundane with grandeur. Across the pages of this book, a true panorama of Belarusian life unfolds: from deep excursions into the past of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania to sharp reflections on national identity, morality, and the country’s fate in the modern world.

Thanks to the unique “question-answer” format, the reader becomes an invisible participant in those legendary performances, feeling the spirit of freedom and intellectual unity. Each answer is a complete essay, filled with apt aphorisms, irony, and deep observations.

The texts included in the collection prove: as long as the word resonates and the arrow of thought flies – we remain ourselves.