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Besa

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2005. gada rudenī aizbraucu uz Visbijas rakstnieku māju ar "neiespējamu misiju". Manā datorā bija ierakstīts trausls, vietumis sapluinīts, brīžiem līdzens, brīžiem klusuma pauzēm caurausts stāsts, no kura salā pamazām tapa Imanta Ziedoņa bērnības un dzīves grāmata Nenoteiktā bija. Tās rakstīšana man sagādāja neaprakstāmas sajūtas. Līdzīgi kā sajust kāda tuvu klātbūtni, kurš zina un spēj vairāk nekā tu pats.
Tās dienas un naktis bija tik dārgas, ka vakaros itin kā turpinādamās uzrakstīju garstāstu Besa. Par vienkāršu sievieti, kuru piemeklē mīlestība un Dievs. Besa mēģina atminēt savas dzīves noslēpumu. Varbūt kādreiz kāds atminēs Besas noslēpumu?

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

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Nora Ikstena

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Nora Ikstena is a prose writer and essayist. Ikstena is one of the most visible and influential prose writers in Latvia, known for elaborat style and detailed approach to language. After obtaining a degree in Philology from the University of Latvia in 1992, she went on to study English literature at Columbia University. In her prose, Nora Ikstena often reflects on life, love, death and faith. Soviet Milk (2015, shortlisted for the Annual Literature Award for best prose), Besa (2012), Celebration of Life (1998), The Virgin's Lesson (2001) are some of her most widely appreciated novels.

The novel Amour Fou has been staged for theatre, and published in Russian (2010); other works have been translated into Lithuanian, Estonian, Georgian, Swedish, Danish, etc. Ikstena is also a prolific author of biographical fiction, non-fiction, scripts, essays, and collections of short prose. Her collection Life Stories (2004) was published in English in 2013, and Hindi in 2015. Her story Elza Kuga’s Old Age Dementia was included in the "Best European Fiction 2011" anthology.
Ikstena is an active participant in Latvia's cultural and political life, and a co-founder of the International Writers and Translators’ House in Ventspils. In 2006, she received the Baltic Assembly Prize in literature.

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June 9, 2023
"Vai tu saproti, ko tas nozīmē - iegūsti, bet nepieskaries?"
"Kad es tevi neredzu, man sirds sāp kreiliski."

VISAS 4 zvaigznes skaisto valodu mežģīņu dēļ. Mazs stāsts, skaudrs stāsts, bet cerību un poētisma pilns.

Mīlestība var būt liela, bet tai pat laikā tik smacējoša, ka aizsit otra elpu.
Mīlestība var būt skaista, bet laika gaitā pārvēsties pazemojumos un vardarbībā.
Bet mīlestība ir.
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November 11, 2025
Nora Ikstena, Jūs trāpāt man pa visiem sirds kambarīšiem.
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April 10, 2016
..vēstules Annai bija gandrīz identiskas tām, ko pats sūtītu savai Annai!
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January 24, 2016
maza, burvības un grūtsirdīgas mīlas, dzīves piepildīta grāmata. lieliski uzrakstīta, aizraujoša.. Un atkal par Māti un tās bērniem. UN MĪLESTĪBU!
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