{"title":"Marina Jarre","description":"\u003cp\u003eMarina Jarre, an intriguing voice in literary memoirs and biographies, captivates readers with her deeply personal narratives and exploration of identity. Born in Italy, with a rich Latvian heritage, Jarre's work offers a vivid tapestry of cultural experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eDistant Fathers\u003c\/em\u003e, Jarre delves into her complex relationship with her estranged father, weaving a poignant recollection of her childhood amidst the chaos of World War II. This memoir not only offers a window into her personal history but also casts a broader reflection on family and belonging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSimilarly, her book \u003cem\u003eReturn to Latvia\u003c\/em\u003e provides a heartfelt journey back to her Latvian roots. Through reflective prose, Jarre examines the impact of her heritage and the history of a nation caught in the tumult of 20th-century Europe. Her narrative is both a personal pilgrimage and a dialogue with history, capturing the struggles and resilience of her family and the Latvian people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMarina Jarre's works are a must-read for those interested in biography and memoir, offering insight into the forces that shape identity and the enduring ties of family. Experience the evocative storytelling and profound introspection that define her literary legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"distant-fathers-by-marina-jarre-9781803280950","title":"Distant Fathers","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe extraordinary autobiography of novelist Marina Jarre, tracing her identity and relationships through a turbulent era of European history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Beautifully ingenious”\u003c\/b\u003e – Vivian Gornick\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Her masterwork”\u003c\/b\u003e – \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Rich and lyrical... Jarre's life is fascinating”\u003c\/b\u003e – \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Ann Goldstein's shimmering translation of Jarre's prose delivers into English a European masterpiece”\u003c\/b\u003e – Benjamin Taylor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century”\u003c\/b\u003e – \u003ci\u003eIl Libraio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn distinctive, lyrical prose, Jarre depicts an exceptionally multinational and complicated family: her elusive, handsome father, a Jewish man who perished in the Holocaust; her severe, cultured mother, an Italian Lutheran who translated Russian literature; her sister and Latvian grandparents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShifting between past and present, Jarre narrates her coming-of-age; first as a linguistic minority in a Baltic nation and then in traumatic exile to Italy after her parents' divorce. There, she lived with her maternal grandparents among a community of French-speaking Waldensian Protestants and experienced the hostility of fascist Italy in the 1930s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in Italy in 1987 and now translated into English for the first time, \u003ci\u003eDistant Fathers\u003c\/i\u003e probes questions of memory, language, womanhood, belonging, and estrangement, while asking what a homeland can be for those who have none, or many more than one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46805034860780,"sku":"9781803280950","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/823803482830.jpg?v=1757421408"},{"product_id":"return-to-latvia-by-marina-jarre-9781954404106","title":"Return to Latvia","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A harrowing, culturally rich memoir.\" - \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBuilding upon her celebrated autobiography \u003ci\u003eDistant Fathers\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eReturn to Latvia\u003c\/i\u003e—a masterful collage-like work that is part travelogue, part memoir, part ruminative essay—she looks for traces of her murdered father whom she never bid farewell to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJarre visits the former Jewish ghetto of Riga and its southern forest, where tens of thousands were slaughtered in a 1941 mass execution by Nazi death squads with active participation by Latvian collaborators. Here she attempts to reconcile herself with her past, or at least to heal the wounds of a truncated childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePiecing together documents and memories, \u003ci\u003eReturn to Latvia\u003c\/i\u003e explores immense guilt, repression, and the complicity of Latvians in the massacres of their Jewish neighbours, highlighting vast Holocaust atrocities that occurred outside the confines of death camps and in plain view.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46845593354476,"sku":"9781954404106","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/23508493482883.jpg?v=1758888664"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/marina-jarre.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}