![]() ![]() Nora Ikstena is proving that Latvia is speaking in a bold and original voice. 'Latvia is a country we have heard almost nothing about since its separation from the Soviet Union. 'Nora Ikstena's fiction opens up new paths not only for Latvian literature in English translation but for English literature itself.' Jeremy Davis, Dalkey Archive Press Nora Ikstena's Soviet Milk is most certainly one of these.' Catherine Venner, World Literature Today Margita Gailitis): Freedom at last By Susan Osborne / Fiction in Translation, Fiction Reviews / 23 March 2018 / 12 Comments A new Peirene is always a treat but I was particularly keen to read Soviet Milk written by a Latvian author born in 1969, twenty years before the fall of the Berlin Wall which resulted. 'Every so often, you come across a book so beautiful that you ration the pages to extend it. 'This could almost be Latvia itself talking, a small, fiercely proud nation now making a literary noise outside its borders that’s long overdue.' Charlie Connelly, The New European ![]() reserved, devoid of over-dramatisation, and all the more powerful for it.' Anna Aslanyan, The TLS ' Soviet Milk paints a refreshingly nuanced picture of Latvia under Communist rule. Home Latvia Nora Ikstena Mtes piens (Soviet Milk) Nora Ikstena: Mtes piens (Soviet Milk) Our unnamed heroine was born on 15 October 1969 which. 'An invaluable memoir of Latvia’s recent is also one of the most devastating novels I’ve ever read about women’s lives in any society.' EBRD Prize Jury Soviet Milk powerfully evokes Latvia's bitter history.' Claire Armitstead, The Guardian ![]()
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