DZIEJE ŁOTWY XX WIEKU W POWIEŚCI JELENY KATISZONOK КОГДА УХОДИТ ЧЕЛОВЕК
THE HISTORY OF LATVIA OF THE 20TH CENTURY IN YELENA KATISHONOK’S NOVEL KOGDA UKHODIT CHELOVEK

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the depiction of the history of Latvia of the twentieth cen-tury 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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