Novel about the Grosvalds family
Kristīne Želve’s novel Grosvaldi (The Grosvalds) focuses on an important family in the history of Latvia and their life for almost a hundred years.
The Grosvalds are: lawyer Frīdrihs Grosvalds, the long-term head of the Riga Latvian Society, his wife Marija Grosvalde and their five children – Mērija Grīnberga, a Latvian folk costume populariser and ethnographer, diplomat Oļģerds Grosvalds, painter Jāzeps Grosvalds, foreign service employees Līna Grosvalde and Margarēta Grosvalde, and the grandchildren – museum specialist Mērija Grīnberga Jr. and mathematician Emanuels Grīnbergs.
The novel intertwines different times, places and languages, historical vocabulary with contemporary language, the charming lightness of Belle Époque with the harshness of the birth and death of the Latvian state, exuberant playfulness with painful seriousness, authentic letters and diaries of the Grosvalds with the author’s imagination, creating the world of the Grosvalds family and the era they were destined to live in.
More: The Grosvalds
Drawings by Ivars Poikāns
The book features drawings made by Ivars Poikāns for Latvian newspapers and magazines covering po litical and social issues.
"While Poikāns’ drawings have a satirical inclination, they also slant toward political cartoon, which has always been a valuable source of information for historians. Usu ally, such studies emphasize the function of humour and taking the public’s anti heroes down a peg, but with the benefit of hindsight it also becomes clear that car toons can serve as accurate documents of historical events." (Diāna Barčevska, compiler)
More: Nothing Changes. A Chronicle of Political Life 1999–2003
Monograph about Niklāvs Strunke
The monograph on the artist Niklāvs Strunke (1894–1966) summarizes for the first time his extensive heritage – painting, book art, set design, various branches of decorative, applied art and design.
The book includes an album of reproductions of works and documentary photographs, providing an overview of the artist and his work. This is followed by essays appraising the artistic fields in which Niklāvs Strunke worked – art historian Aija Brasliņa tirelessly documented Strunke’s biography and artistic contacts; artist Valdis Villerušs scrupulously studied the world of books and graphics; Latvian theatre historian Edīte Tišheizere, representing the international fraternity of avant-garde theatre researchers; art historian Ilze Martinsone revealed the unexpectedly broad scope of Strunke’s applied art.
Niklāvs Strunke. Exhibition
From 13th of May an exhibition of paintings by Niklāvs Strunke is open at the Neputns Gallery.
April Sale
Theatre and Cinema!
Please see the full list of the books on sale here: https://neputns.lv/en/collections/akcija