The book Brīvībene by writer Sven Kuzmin was published

Free wife tells of the end of 2002, when the future art student moves to the denationalized property of his great-grandfather. The house has lost its former glory. The socially disadvantaged old tenants manage it as if nothing has changed. However, changes affected both Riga and the world: the Twin Towers were destroyed, Latvia is preparing to enter the European Union and NATO, hordes of angry skinheads are roaming around Old Riga. But artists and writers of the new generation, as always, are looking for truth and beauty on the eve of the new era.

The book’s author, Sven Kuzmin, says of the newly published work: “It is a story about the brilliance and sorrow of a family, about faith in art and about the layers of history that are keep not only with the walls of this house. but also many other old European houses.”

The publication’s editor Gundega Blumberg says: “Free wife It’s very hard work. Young Kuzmins, whose coefficient (whatever that means) in the assessment of Loha’s numerologist and critic is much higher than the usual ones, believes that perhaps one day the driving water ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​and it will bring something good to life, but once that time moves away. one step, the second time is already for two and soon so far away. Like the sea. And then you find yourself with that great wave of responsibility hitting right on your head, as my friend Egregor explained with a white sailor’s bag on his shoulders. And you must not resist. All that’s left is to crawl inside the ship so you don’t choke on the salt water. That’s the book in a nutshell.”

Sven Kuzmins (1985) is a Latvian writer, publicist, and artist, theater artist Nerten the director. He studied painting and graphics at the Latvian Academy of Art, painting at Manchester Metropolitan University. A collection of stories Shamans of the town (2016) as well as a novel Hohma (2019), Planning (2021) and Beauty and anxiety (2023) author. Sven Kuzmin’s works have been translated into English, Russian, Lithuanian, Estonian, Spanish and other languages.