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The literary bestseller that took the Baltics by storm now published for the first time in English. This novel considers the effects of Soviet rule on a single individual. The central character in the story tries to follow her calling as a doctor. But then the state steps in. She is deprived first of her professional future, then of her identity and finally of her relationship with her daughter. Banished to a village in the Latvian countryside, her sense of isolation increases. Will she and her daughter be able to return to Riga when political change begins to stir? LONGLISTED FOR THE REPUBLIC OF CONSCIOUSNESS PRIZE 2019 SHORTLISTED FOR THE EBRD LITERATURE PRIZE 2019 Why Peirene chose to publish this book: At first glance this novel depicts a troubled mother-daughter relationship set in the the Soviet-ruled Baltics between 1969 and 1989. Yet just beneath the surface lies something far more positive: the story of three generations of women, and the importance of a grandmother giving her granddaughter what her daughter is unable to provide – love, and the desire for life. Written by Nora Ikstena. Translated from the Latvian by Margita Gailitis.
Author Ikstena N.
ISBN 9781908670427
Year 2018
Publishing house Peirene PRess Ltd.
Language angļu
Pages 196
Book cover mīkstie vāki
Weight 0.2700
Size 19.8cm x 12.5cm x 2cm