A review by joakley
High Tide by Inga Ābele

5.0

Extremely good. Extremely upsetting too! But in a profound therefore fun/engaging way. The way abele mirrors Andrejs’ literal imprisonment with ievas (unconscious?) feelings of imprisonment regarding motherhood, wifehood, girlfriendhood became the most powerful (and upsetting!) aspect for me. And throughout there were a lot of breathtaking moments of crisp, cutthroat writing that made me reread and underline and write in a note in my phone. Powerful writing that makes me maybe wanna learn Latvian to read other works by her