”This multilayered and intricately patterned novel is one in the prize-winning series of historical novels We. Latvia. The 20th Century. It is an unflinching exploration of wartime Latvia in 1940-41, the time of Soviet repression and deportations and the workings of memory, memories and remembrance. But above all, it is a woman’s story or the story of women. The horrific events of these years are delineated through women’s experiences, their different ways of enduring the horrors – by avoiding, coping or confronting, and their reactions, that range from terror and despair to joy and hope.”
Māra Rozīte, editor
Translated from Latvian by Irene Ruff
Designed by Jānis Esītis and Gundega Kārkliņa
Cover illustration A Face by Ieva Iltnere
