Soviet Milk

By Nora Ikstena

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?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1916806201
• ISBN13: 9781916806207
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Peirene Press Ltd
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.8" x 7.7"