Burning Cities

Fiction & Literature, Coming of Age, Literary
Cover of the book Burning Cities by Kai Aareleid, Peter Owen Publishers
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Author: Kai Aareleid ISBN: 9780720620306
Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers Publication: May 30, 2018
Imprint: Peter Owen Publishers Language: English
Author: Kai Aareleid
ISBN: 9780720620306
Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers
Publication: May 30, 2018
Imprint: Peter Owen Publishers
Language: English

Part of the Peter Owen World Series: Baltics

'This story glows somewhere on the fringes of my consciousness, so close I can almost touch it.'

Opening up about her family history, Tiina revisits the first two decades of her life following the Second World War, in Tartu, Estonia. The city, destroyed by Nazi invasion then rebuilt and re-mapped by the Soviets, is home to many secrets, and little Tiina knows them all, even if she does not know their import. The adult world that makes up Communist society, is one of cryptic conversations, undiagnosed dread and heavy drinking. From the death of Stalin to the gradual separation of her parents, Tiina, as a young girl, experiences both domestic and great events from the periphery, and is, therefore, powerless to prevent the defining tragedy in her life - a suicide in the family.

Translated for the first time into English, Burning Cities is an intimate portrayal of life under Soviet Communism and an absorbing family drama told with poetic precision.

Translated from the Estonian by Adam Cullen.

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Part of the Peter Owen World Series: Baltics

'This story glows somewhere on the fringes of my consciousness, so close I can almost touch it.'

Opening up about her family history, Tiina revisits the first two decades of her life following the Second World War, in Tartu, Estonia. The city, destroyed by Nazi invasion then rebuilt and re-mapped by the Soviets, is home to many secrets, and little Tiina knows them all, even if she does not know their import. The adult world that makes up Communist society, is one of cryptic conversations, undiagnosed dread and heavy drinking. From the death of Stalin to the gradual separation of her parents, Tiina, as a young girl, experiences both domestic and great events from the periphery, and is, therefore, powerless to prevent the defining tragedy in her life - a suicide in the family.

Translated for the first time into English, Burning Cities is an intimate portrayal of life under Soviet Communism and an absorbing family drama told with poetic precision.

Translated from the Estonian by Adam Cullen.

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