Marina Jarre

"A harrowing, culturally rich memoir." - Kirkus Reviews Building upon her celebrated autobiography Distant Fathers, Italian author Marina Jarre returns to her native Latvia for the first time since she left as a ten-year-old girl in 1935. In Return to Latvia—a masterful collage-like work that is part travelogue, part memoir, part ruminative essay—she looks for traces of her murdered father...

The extraordinary autobiography of novelist Marina Jarre, tracing her identity and relationships through a turbulent era of European history. “Beautifully ingenious” – Vivian Gornick “Her masterwork” – New York Times “Rich and lyrical... Jarre's life is fascinating” – New Statesman “Ann Goldstein's shimmering translation of Jarre's prose delivers into English a European masterpiece” – Benjamin Taylor “One of the greatest...