The Secret Box
Published on 5. October 2017
104 pages
978-1-910139-89-9 (ISBN)
Description
On the cusp of womanhood, Daina Tabuna's heroines are constantly confronted with the unexpected. Adult life seems just around the corner, but so are the kinds of surprise encounter which might change everything. Two siblings realise they're too old to be playing with paper dolls. A girl develops a fixation with Jesus. And a disaffected young woman stumbles into an awkward relationship with an office worker. The narrators of these three stories each try, in their own way, to make sense of how to behave in a world that doesn't give any clear answers.
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English
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Winnersh
United Kingdom
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978-1-910139-89-9 (9781910139899)
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Daina Tabuna (1985) is a prose writer. Daina Tabuna's short story collection Pirma reize (The first time) was nominated for the Annual Latvian Literary Award 2014 as the best debut of the year. Pirma reize immediately won over many readers and critics and has become a cult book of its time in Latvia. In 2010 Daina Tabuna completed her studies with a BA in Theatre, cinema and TV drama at the Latvian Academy of Culture. Her professional experience includes writing for a television soap opera, leading a photography club for 10-year-old Bulgarians, managing public relations for a closed museum, and extended periods of unemployment. She is passionate about hiking and being silly.
