Five fingers / Māra Zālīte ; translated from the Latvian by Margita Gailitis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zālīte, Māra, author.

Contributor:

Gailītis, Margita, translator.

Standardized Title:

Pieci pirksti. English

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Parent and child--Fiction.

Parent and child.

Mind and reality.

Homecoming.

Latvia.

Concentration camp inmates--Fiction.

Concentration camp inmates.

Internment camp inmates.

Homecoming--Fiction.

Mind and reality--Fiction.

Latvia--Fiction.

Nazi concentration camp inmates.

Genre:

Fiction.

Psychological fiction.

Autobiographical fiction.

Physical Description:

248 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First Dalkey Archive edition.

Place of Publication:

Victoria, TX : Dalkey Archive, 2017.

Summary:

"Five-year-old Laura was born in one of Joseph Stalin's prison camps in Siberia. When the book opens, she and her parents are on their long journey back to Latvia, a country Laura knows only from the exuberant descriptions that whirled about the Gulag. Upon her arrival, however, she must come to terms with the conflicting images of the life she sees around her and the fairytale Latvia she grew up hearing about and imagining. Based on the author's life, and written in lush language that defies the narrative's many hardships, Five Fingers tells the story of a girl who moves between worlds in the hopes of finding a Latvia that she can call home"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"Originally published in Latvian by Mansards Publishing House as Pieci Pirksti in 2013"--Title page verso.

ISBN:

9781628971699

162897169X

OCLC:

950930467