Published: 2023-09-26

The Hstory of Latvia of the 20th Century in Yelena Katishonok's Novel „Kogda Ukhodit Chelovek"

Elżbieta Tyszkowska-Kasprzak Logo ORCID

Abstract

The article discusses the depiction of the history of Latvia of the twentieth century in Yelena Katishonok’s novel Kogda ukhodit chelovek (2011). Although the work does not mention the name of the country or the city in which the action of the novel is set, it can nevertheless be recognised by numerous markers, mainly
topographical ones. At the centre of the narrative the author has placed the story of one house and its inhabitants. Each of the characters experiences their joys and sorrows, and their individual fates are superimposed on the history of Latvia between 1927 and 1991. This is a novel about loss: the welcoming, tolerant state of the interwar period will not return, even after the restoration of independence in 1991.

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Tyszkowska-Kasprzak, E. (2023). The Hstory of Latvia of the 20th Century in Yelena Katishonok’s Novel „Kogda Ukhodit Chelovek". Rusycystyczne Studia Literaturoznawcze, 33, 1–28. https://doi.org/10.31261/RSL.2023.33.08

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Vol. 33 (2023)
Published: 2023-12-15


ISSN: 0208-5038
eISSN: 2353-9674
Ikona DOI 10.31261/RSL

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Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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