Nora Ikstena’s magnificient Soviet Milk was most worthy of my efforts as a translator in tackling its inherent challenges. How to…
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This is an invaluable memoir of Latvia’s recent past, covering a span of five decades, from the end of WWII…
Eriks Ādamsons’ 1937 collection of short stories is among the earliest works of short, Latvian modernist prose. It portrays humans…
The title of Belševica’s 1969 poetry collection – Annual Rings – holds special meaning, connecting with the ontology of Goethe’s…
Regīna Ezera’s 1977 novel is a brilliant documentation of the decade while also presenting timeless themes and attitudes, expressed through…
In George Orwell’s novel 1984, O’Brien says to Winston: ‘But at present power is only a word so far as…