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EUPL – Nine Prize Winning Authors from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania | Review

Title: Nine Prize Winning Authors from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

Author: EUPL

Type: Fiction

Page Count/Review Word Count: 164

Rating: 3.5/5

EUPL – Nine Prize Winning Authors from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

This collection brings together nine different authors from The Baltics including a few Latvian authors that I heard about during my visit to the country. On top of that, I’d already read Breathing into Marble by Laura Sintija Cerniauskaite, a Lithuanian author, and so at least part of this was a re-read for me.

The only real problem with this book is from the format itself, because it only contains excerpts of longer works. That said, it’s made me want to look into some more of them, including Doom ’94 by Janis Jonevs, who I was lucky enough to meet in Riga.

I also liked that each of the stories was accompanied by the initial, untranslated text of the excerpt. It was fascinating to see the languages differing from English and each other.

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David Schilter and Sanita Muizniece – Baltic Comics Magazine #27 | Review

Title: Baltic Comics Magazine #27

Author: David Schilter and Sanita Muizniece

Type: Fiction

Page Count/Review Word Count: 162

Rating: 3.5*/5

David Schilter and Sanita Muizniece – Baltic Comics Magazine #27

I picked this up during my recent visit to Latvia and I have to say, I actually picked it up on impulse because it was published in English and had a super kawaii cover.

What’s interesting is that it pulls together a huge range of graphic styles and includes authors from all over the world, and while I did pick up occasional poor English and didn’t love all of the illustration styles, I’m so glad I read it just for the sheer psychedelia alone.

Some of the stories were so weird that I had no idea what was going on, and when I did know what was happening, it was still pretty odd. But I’d recommend picking up an issue of this delightful magazine if at all possible, even if you don’t get this one. It’s quirky, different.