18 / Pauls Bankovskis translated from Latvian by Ieva Lešinska.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bankovskis, Pauls, author.

Contributor:

Lešinka, Ieva, translator.

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Families--Fiction.

Families.

Latvia.

Soldiers--Fiction.

Soldiers.

World War, 1914-1918--Fiction.

World War, 1914-1918.

Latvia--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Historical fiction.

Philosophical fiction.

Physical Description:

179 pages ; 21 cm

Other Title:

Eighteen.

Place of Publication:

Glasgow : Vagabon Voices, 2017.

Language Note:

Translated from the Latvian.

Summary:

"Whilst visiting their holiday home in the country, a family discovers a digital camera in the pocket of their grandfather's overcoat. As their grandfather was well past taking photos or even travelling to the country at the time digital cameras became available, its presence in his pocket, stored in an old leather case no less, is mysterious, almost as mysterious as the images on the camera. They are pictures that he couldn't possibly have taken; pictures of the country home from impossible angles, all of which seem to contain blurry, illuminated suggestions of a humanoid shape. Nearly a century earlier, amidst the chaos wrought by the Russian Revolution, a Latvian soldier deserts his post and travels the country by foot, recording his many strange experiences in a small journal that he keeps hidden in his boot. His encounters with various characters lead him to develop theories on space, time, freedom, and what it means to be human. He wonders, what if time is layered, like a stack of pancakes? And what if a tree, with roots and branches that grow expansively in every direction, in fact enjoys an ideal, perfectly balanced sort of freedom?"--Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Original Latvian text first published in 2014 as 18.

ISBN:

9781908251787

1908251786

OCLC:

1042280661

Publisher Number:

99977209538