Riga: Nine Songs To Riga
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Few cities in the Baltic world carry the weight of history, beauty, and resilience quite like Riga — a city that has endured empires, occupations, and reinvention without surrendering its soul. Riga: Nine Songs to Riga is a lyrical tribute to the Latvian capital, presenting the city through nine distinct artistic perspectives that together form a rich, multifaceted portrait of one of Europe's most architecturally and culturally vibrant metropolises. Published in the final years of the Soviet era, the work captures Riga at a pivotal historical moment, conveying the city's layered identity through imagery, verse, and cultural reflection rendered in Latvian, Russian, English, and German. Beyond its documentary ambition, this volume stands as a deeply humanist meditation on place, memory, and belonging. The multilingual structure signals an awareness of Riga's complex, cosmopolitan heritage — a city shaped by Hanseatic merchants, Tsarist governors, Latvian nationalists, and Soviet planners alike. The result is a work of rare emotional and historical texture, one that will leave readers wondering: what songs does a city sing when it is finally free to choose its own voice?
Author: Various
Format: Hardback
Published: 1988, Liesma (Riga)
Genre: European history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Few cities in the Baltic world carry the weight of history, beauty, and resilience quite like Riga — a city that has endured empires, occupations, and reinvention without surrendering its soul. Riga: Nine Songs to Riga is a lyrical tribute to the Latvian capital, presenting the city through nine distinct artistic perspectives that together form a rich, multifaceted portrait of one of Europe's most architecturally and culturally vibrant metropolises. Published in the final years of the Soviet era, the work captures Riga at a pivotal historical moment, conveying the city's layered identity through imagery, verse, and cultural reflection rendered in Latvian, Russian, English, and German. Beyond its documentary ambition, this volume stands as a deeply humanist meditation on place, memory, and belonging. The multilingual structure signals an awareness of Riga's complex, cosmopolitan heritage — a city shaped by Hanseatic merchants, Tsarist governors, Latvian nationalists, and Soviet planners alike. The result is a work of rare emotional and historical texture, one that will leave readers wondering: what songs does a city sing when it is finally free to choose its own voice?