Soviet Milk

Copyright

First published in Great at Britain in 2018 by

Peirene Press Ltd

17 Cheverton Road

London N19 3BB

www.peirenepress.com

This ebook edition first published in 2018.

First published under the original Latvian language title Mātes Piens by Dienas

Grāmata, Riga

Copyright © Nora Ikstena, 2015

This translation © Margita Gailitis, 2018

Original translation edit: Vija Kostoff

With special thanks to Sophie Lewis, who edited Soviet Milk for Peirene.

Nora Ikstena asserts her moral right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

All rights reserved. No part of this ebook may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

This ebook is sold subject to the condition that it shall not be resold, lent, hired out or otherwise circulated without the express prior consent of the publisher.

ISBN 978–1–908670–42–7

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places and events are either the product of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

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