{"product_id":"2026200018635-secondhand-riga-nine-songs-to-riga","title":"Riga: Nine Songs To Riga","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Very good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew 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.\n\nBeyond 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?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50609676943579,"sku":"2026200018635-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/d4947a7b-5d23-47ae-98a4-747723fc2704.png?v=1791764556","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200018635-secondhand-riga-nine-songs-to-riga","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}