marta ziemelis – European Literature Network

Apr 27^th

From NARCOSES by Madara Gruntmane, translated by Mārta Ziemelis and Richard O’Brien

She loves so demandingly wanting to prove she isn’t a mistake on the map of the world sticking her stories into the cracks of the house’s fissured wall She demonstrates so desp

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Apr 26^th

From THE BOOK OF RIGA: THE HARE’S DECLARATION by Juris Zvirgzdiņš introduced by West Camel and translated by Mārta Ziemelis

A man who has lost his job decides to end his life loudly. He wanders through Riga looking for a suitable place and decides to end it all at Riga’s tallest church tower, which of

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