How Long Is Exile?: BOOK I: The Song and Dance Festival of Free Latvians, by Astrida Barbins-Stahnke
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- Published on: 2015-10-24
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.02" h x 1.06" w x 5.98" l, 1.65 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 406 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Review of 'How Long Is Exile?' by Astrida Stahnke By Valdis Kibens I met Astrid some 40 years ago, shortly after arriving in St. Louis to accept the post of senior scientist at the McDonnell Douglas Research Laboratory, which eventually morphed into the Boeing Phantom Works. In those days there were roughly 150 Latvians in St. Louis, guided by Ernests Sarkans as an unofficial cultural association. A small group of us, consisting of Astrid, Irene Kalnins, Ilze Muelenbachs, and myself, independently organized contacts with then communist Latvia, with Astrid spearheading the effort by translating Latvian literary works into English and visiting Latvia, hosted by Latvian cultural organizations. The "super Latvians" considered these actions treasonous. We organized numerous visits by prominent Latvians such as the mayor of Riga. Primarily, however, we arranged visits to St. Louis by the renowned Latvian chorus, Ave Sol, as well as several well-known pianists and composers. Astrid's book, How Long Is Exile, the first in a trilogy, is based on many sources. The first are her personal experiences before leaving Latvia. Next are her experiences, as well as those of many others in a DP (displaced persons) camp in Esslingen, Germany. Next comes her life in Cleveland, Ohio, where she lived in a Latvian community that regarded itself as a group of political refugees from Latvia, whose primary goals were to maintain the Latvian language and culture and work toward freeing Latvia from the communist yoke. While earning her master's degree in English, she met her future husband, Arthur Stahnke, an American, who went to earn a Ph.D degree in political science. They married and moved to Edwardsville, Illinois, in close vicinity to St. Louis, where he accepted a tenure-track position, teaching political science at the Southern Illinois University. Astrid became an adjunct professor of English. About her novel/s. She has been writing it/them ever since I have known her. I like them. Very much. In the following I present some critical comments, meant as suggestions for a revised edition. First, there are fewer and fewer living authors who are able to describe the fate of the Latvian diaspora. The "ultra-Latvians" are dying off rapidly and the anticipated accusations are essentially absent. There is intense interest in the book, however, by the younger generation of Latvians, inside and outside Latvia, to whom the book represents an important history lesson about what it means to "be Latvian". To me, the most appealing part of the book is the first half, which describes the experience of an upper-middle-class family as it is suddenly and brutally stripped of its accustomed routine, its short-term expectations, and its long-term goals, first by the Russians, and then by the Nazis. Particularly traumatic is the realization that some Latvians are participating in the atrocities committed by both regimes. Milda Arajs, the protagonist, marries a "super-Latvian", goes through several extramarital romantic episodes, moves to America, and is suddenly widowed, leaving her as a financially independent single mother. The first book of the trilogy describes a song and dance festival in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which has been the traditional Latvian method for maintaining its culture and which, incidentally, I also attended. Milda revisits several of her romantic involvements in Milwaukee, all of whom are 'happily' married and unavailable. At this point, I found that I needed to fast-forward, skipping a large part of the middle of the book, to an episode describing a family member who marries a Puerto Rican girl and is excommunicated from the family. I suggest that the second part of the book be rewritten and the need for including the excommunication episode be rethought. The second book, about to be published, deals with "life back in reality", and the third asks the question 'what does it mean to be a Latvian?' Here are my recommendations for a revised-edition rewrite of the three individual novels. The first one deals with the idealized vision of Latvia as we might like it to be. I suggest it be renamed "The Dream", subtitled "Latvians Singing And Dancing In Milwaukee," as before. For the second book I suggest the title "Reality," subtitled "The Latvian Diaspora." The third book I would rename "The Bear-Slayer," (Lāčplēsis in Latvian) with the subtitle "On Being A Latvian In The Modern World." Lāčplēsis is an epic poem by Andrejs Pumpurs, a Latvian poet, who wrote it between 1872–1887 based on local legends. Lāčplēsis is regarded as the Latvian national epic. It describes Lacplesis defeating the evil Teutonic knight and sinking into the river Daugava, where he sleeps until such a time when Latvia needs him again.Respectfully yours,Valdis Kibens, PhD
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