Soviet Milk

By Nora Ikstena

Book Overview

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?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1908670428
• ISBN13: 9781908670427
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Peirene Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.0" x 0.6" x 7.8"