Soviet Milk

Title: Soviet Milk
Author: Nora Ikstena
ISBN: 9781916806207
Publisher: Peirene Press
Published: 2026
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 192
Condition Note: New from the publisher
Publisher Description: 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?