The wine of eternity : short stories from the Latvian / by Knuts Lesins ; translated by Ruth Speirs and Haralds Kundzins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lesins, Knuts, 1909-

Contributor:

Speirs, Ruth.

Kundzins, Haralds.

Standardized Title:

Mūžības vīns. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latvia--Social life and customs--Fiction.

Latvia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Minneapolis] : University of Minnesota Press, c1957.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Wine of Eternity was first published in 1957. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. Ever since the small Baltic nation of Latvia became a part of the Soviet Union in 1940, its identity has been blurred to Western eyes. Many of its people have left their country in voluntary or forced exile. But, wherever they are today, the Latvians still cherish and preserve a rich national heritage of folklore and culture. Much of this is revealed in the

Contents:

ABOUT THE AUTHOR; LATVIA AND ITS PEOPLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; THE WINE OF ETERNITY; THE TAILOR AND THE WOLVES; A STRING OF BEADS; IN THE BLIZZARD; SILJONIS' JEWEL; THE FIERY DESCENT OF OLD KORIS; THE SECRET; THE LEAVETAKING; ONE-DAY LAND; THE DOVE; A LOVER'S LETTER; A DELICATE MISSION; CORDA; TOYS; BEK

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Translated from the Latvian.

ISBN:

0-8166-6345-9

OCLC:

476161447