Author: Nora Ikstena. Translator: Margita Gailitis. London. Peirene Press. pages. Every so often, you come across a book so beautiful that you ration the pages to extend it. Nora Ikstena’s Soviet Milk is most certainly one of these. Set in Soviet-occupied Latvia, we encounter the two memorable voices of a nameless mother and her www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 2 mins. · 'Soviet Milk' is an excellent novel that traces the lives of a mother and daughter in Latvia in the second half of the twentieth century. Alternating between their two perspectives, we learn of their hopes and fears as Latvia finds itself under the rule of Soviet Russia/5(68). · Soviet Milk by Nora Ikstena, translated by Margita Gailitis (Peirene, £12). To order a copy for £, go to www.doorway.ru or call Author: Claire Armitstead.
Nora Ikstena's Soviet Milk is most certainly one of these The atmospheric narrative infused with evocative imagery reflects both the physical state of Latvia under Soviet rule and the mental states of the protagonists Nora Ikstena's autofictional tale, courtesy of Magita Gailitis's smooth and sensitive translation, allows us into. Click to read more about Soviet Milk by Nora Ikstena. LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Nora Ikstena's Soviet Milk is most certainly one of these.' Catherine Venner, World Literature Today 'Nora Ikstena's fiction opens up new paths not only for Latvian literature in English translation but for English literature itself.'.
Nora Ikstena’s ‘Soviet Milk’. Soviet Milk by Nora Ikstena opens with two women who cannot remember. ‘I don’t remember 15 October ,’ says the first. ‘I don’t remember 22 October ,’ says the second, ‘but I can reconstruct it.’. They can only reconstruct what happened because these are the days on which they were born. Soviet Milk, by Nora Ikstena (translated by Margita Gailitis), is the first title in Peirene Press’s new Home In Exile series. It is set in Latvia during the years of Russian occupation, between and 'Soviet Milk' is an excellent novel that traces the lives of a mother and daughter in Latvia in the second half of the twentieth century. Alternating between their two perspectives, we learn of their hopes and fears as Latvia finds itself under the rule of Soviet Russia.
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