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"A lush and devastating chronicle of a woman’s return to her birthplace to excavate her family’s tumultuous past. Exquisitely written, this contemplative narrative takes you into the heart and mind of a woman in search of truth."
—Shelly Sanders, author of Daughters of the Occupation
"A writer uncovers the cruel reality of her family's past ... A harrowing, culturally rich memoir."
—Kirkus Reviews
"Return to Latvia is an introspective memoir that reckons with the generational trauma and fragmented memories found in the long shadow of the Holocaust."
—Foreword Reviews (Starred review)
"A profoundly moving memoir . . . This is a story of Guilt with a capital 'G' . . . a fascinating book—not only a memoir like Distant Fathers, but a travelogue, an essay on the quest for truth."—ArtMuseLondon
"Jarre unfolds the collective history, trauma, and (post)memory of the Holocaust in Latvia . . . Return to Latvia is at the same time a novel, an autobiography, a memoir, a travelogue, an essay, and a writer's diary. It even resembles a detective story."—Reading in Translation
"Return to Latvia, which Jarre wrote in 2002 following a two-week trip to Latvia with one of her adult sons, represents her final reckoning with the father she hardly knew . . . She manages to piece together a history of her Jewish ancestors and to uncover relationships of which she was unaware . . . Ann Goldstein’s lucid translation ends . . . in a moment tender and haunting.”—Jewish Book Council
“A noble book … that like those of Primo Levi should be read by everyone.”
—L’Indice dei libri del mese
“Jarre has a moral motivation: to understand behavior as much as possible, to peer into the abject abyss, to probe the reasons for a conspiracy of silence.”
—Corriere della Sera
—Claudio Magris, author of Danube and Blameless
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