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Alberts Bels Insomnia (Paperback)
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- Condition
- Publication Name
- Insomnia
- Title
- Insomnia
- Translator
- Jayde Will
- Contributor
- Jayde Will (Translated by)
- EAN
- 9781912109425
- ISBN
- 9781912109425
- Release Date
- 01/04/2020
- Release Year
- 2020
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Book Title
- Insomnia
- Item Length
- 5in
- Original Language
- Latvian
- Publisher
- Parthian Books
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.5in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- General, Literary
- Item Width
- 8in
- Item Weight
- 4.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 198 Pages
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Originally written in 1967 and not released in its uncensored form until 2003, Bels's infamous novel, Insomnia (translated from the Latvian, Bezmiegs) concerns the taboo subject of the Latvian Legion, and the atmosphere of inertia and paralysis in Soviet-era Latvia. The story is told through the thoughts and emotions of the main character, portrayed as an outwardly apathetic man and typical of Bels's characters in the 1960s and 1970s--a period marked by powerlessness and stagnation amongst ordinary people. The protagonist lives by a principle of non-involvement, content with the small material advantages of a mediocre existence--an old car, a small room in a communal apartment, a television set. The paralysis of spirit is most apparent in the depiction of the everyday minutiae as well as in the nighttime monologues of the building's other inhabitants. He feels free only at night, in his room, when his work no longer dominates his thinking, when the surrounding sounds of the apartment house have died down, and when he is able to escape the oppressive presences of things and of people that hang over him during the day.
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Publisher
Parthian Books
ISBN-10
1912109425
ISBN-13
9781912109425
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2309819359
Product Key Features
Book Title
Insomnia
Original Language
Latvian
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General, Literary
Publication Year
2019
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
198 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
5in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
8in
Item Weight
4.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pg9049.12.E39
Reviews
Censored in Latvia until 2003Translated by Jayde Will.Originally written in 1967 and not released in its uncensored form until 2003, Belss infamous novel, Insomnia, has become a classic of Cold War writing and continues to exert a major influence over Latvian literature.The story is filtered through the thoughts, emotions and fantasies of the main character, a man of detachment who is content to observe his fellow tenants and the wider world around him from the tired luxury of his apartment and daily routines. When a young woman, fleeing some unknown threat and in desperate need of help, comes into his orbit, hes forced out of this inertia and into the active role of protector. There begins a quest which, for both of them, has the power to jolt them into a new way of being and living.This edition contains the official transcripts of the investigative reports regarding the banning of the book, as well as a statement by Bels himself.Translated from the Latvain by Jayde Will
Copyright Date
2019
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Decimal
891.9333
Series
Parthian Baltic Ser.
Dewey Edition
23
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