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From SVINA GARŠA (‘The Taste of Lead’) by Māris Bērziņš, introduced and translated by Kaija Straumanis

Māris Bērziņš’s The Taste of Lead takes place between 1939 and 1941 in Latvia. Although this is right at the start of WWII, the charming uncertainty its narrator feels rega

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From SVINA GARŠA (‘The Taste of Lead’) by Māris Bērziņš, introduced and translated by Kaija Straumanis

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