Nora Ikstena’s magnificient Soviet Milk was most worthy of my efforts as a translator in tackling its inherent challenges. How to communicate the nuanced differences of voice
This is an invaluable memoir of Latvia’s recent past, covering a span of five decades, from the end of WWII to the tottering of the Soviet monolith. It is also one of the most de
Eriks Ādamsons’ 1937 collection of short stories is among the earliest works of short, Latvian modernist prose. It portrays humans as internally disharmonious beings, powerless
The title of Belševica’s 1969 poetry collection – Annual Rings – holds special meaning, connecting with the ontology of Goethe’s Faust, which as a fundamental principle ex
Regīna Ezera’s 1977 novel is a brilliant documentation of the decade while also presenting timeless themes and attitudes, expressed through a colourful and often surreal narrati
In George Orwell’s novel 1984, O’Brien says to Winston: ‘But at present power is only a word so far as you are concerned.’ In 1949, when Orwell wrote his legendary book, La
Free Word Centre Thursday 12 April, 19.00 – 20.15 Grandparents, mothers, fathers and children – at its heart, the idea of a family should be universal. But in reality, how does
With Kristina Sabaliauskaitė, Nora Ikstena, Mihkel Mutt British Library Monday 9 April, 19.30 – 21.00 Three leading Baltic writers – Mihkel Mutt (Estonia), Nora Ikstena (
London / Oxford, 1 – 3 June, 2017 More info at www.balticwomenwriters.com #BalticWomenWriters Attention of the publishing world is turning towards the Baltic countries as they
