Title: Rokenroli un citas izmeklētas mīlasdziesmas
Description: The book comprises several short stories set in the smallish Baltic country - Latvia - in the years of the Soviet occupation. It does not deal with the shiny facade the soviets wanted to display for all the world to see; it digs deep beneath the skin of the protagonists - a student, a pensioner, a young agriculture specialist fleeing the collective farm, etc.. Some pieces are a little phantasmagorical - the book starts with a short poetical study of the protagonist's love interest - as an ode to two beautiful legs. The last short story in the book - "Storm Approaching" - is a life story compacted in a single day. It has no happy ending (with someone's passing there can be none), but instead it hints at intrinsic human capability to feel really happy despite all the odds.
Subjects: short stories, Latvia, soviet occupation
Time periods: 1970ies