Soviet Milk

Soviet Milk - Paperback

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Soviet Milk - Paperback

Soviet Milk - Paperback

by Nora Ikstena
$17.95
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Book Overview

The literary bestseller that took the Baltics by storm.

This novel considers the effects of Soviet rule on a single individual. The central character in the story tries to follow her calling as a doctor, but then the state steps in. She is deprived first of her professional future, then of her identity and finally of her relationship with her daughter. Banished to a village in the Latvian countryside, her sense of isolation increases. Will she and her daughter be able to return to Riga when political change begins to stir?

ISBN9781916806207
Author Nora Ikstena
PublisherPeirene Press Ltd
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedJune 2026
LanguageENG- English
Pages192
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Soviet Milk

Soviet Milk - Paperback

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By Nora Ikstena

About Nora Ikstena

Nora Ikstena was born in 1969 in Riga, Latvia. She studied at the University of Latvia before moving to New York. On her return to the Baltics she helped establish the Latvian Literature Centre. She published her first novel, Celebration of Life, in 1998 and has written over twenty books since. She has won numerous awards, such as the Order of the Three Stars for Services to Literature and the Baltic Assembly Prize. Soviet Milk won the 2015 Annual Latvian Literature Award (LALIGABA) for Best Prose.

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