Routledge - The Testimony of Lives: Post-Soviet Latvia Book

Explore the complex history of Latvia through a unique lens in The Testimony of Lives. This book combines a personal homecoming story with a deep anthropological study of a nation navigating its past and an uncertain future. Author Vieda Skultans shares her own journey, returning to Latvia in 1990 after leaving as a refugee at only six months old. Based on more than 100 interviews conducted following Latvian independence, this work provides a platform for stories of exile, dispossession, and the realities of returning home. It examines how personal memories are formed and how they connect to the broader narratives of national history and culture. This text is an essential read for those interested in post-Soviet history, memory studies, and the human experience of migration and identity.