Books set in Latvia (5)
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Doom 94 is Jonevs' debut novel, published first as Jelgava 94 in Latvia in 2013 and was quickly proved to be a big hit and bestseller. Translated into 11 languages already, it is here for the first time in English. The story is set in the 1990s in the Latvian city of Jelgava and looks at the burgeoning craze during this decade for the alternative culture of heavy metal music. Jonevs takes the reader deep inside the world of music, combining the intimate diary of a youngster trying to find himself by joining a subculture, as well as a skilful, detailed, and almost documentary-like depiction of ... continue
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Originally written in 1967 and not released in its uncensored form until 2003, Bels's infamous novel, Insomnia (translated from the Latvian, Bezmiegs) concerns the taboo subject of the Latvian Legion, and the atmosphere of inertia and paralysis in Soviet-era Latvia. The story is told through the thoughts and emotions of the main character, portrayed as an outwardly apathetic man and typical of Bels's characters in the 1960s and 1970s--a period marked by powerlessness and stagnation amongst ordinary people. The protagonist lives by a principle of non-involvement, content with the small material... continue
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Leche materna by Nora Ikstena ES
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La novela nos sitúa en Letonia, tres generaciones de mujeres, en un período que va desde el fin de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y el inicio de la caída de la Unión Soviética; los capítulos son narrados, alternativamente, por hija y nieta.
Un recorrido muy interesante e instructivo sobre la vida y peripecias de esta familia, que podrían ilustrar en alguna medida, la de la sociedad letona. Se destaca especialmente cómo cada uno de los personajes hace frente y define su vida en las circunstancias que les toca vivir, en particular el fenó... continue
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Soviet Milk by Nora Ikstena EN
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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
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The Green Crow by Kristine Ulberga EN
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Institutionalized in an asylum, a woman with a record of hallucinations commits her life story to paper. She records, from the age of six, her earliest memories of a drunken and abusive father, the strange men her mother introduced to repair the family, the imaginary forest where she would run for safety and, of course, the giant talking green crow who appeared when she most needed him. The green crow is a conceited, boisterous creature who follows the novel's nameless protagonist throughout her life, until the day that its presence begins to embarrass her. Confined to a tedious domestic life,... continue