Baltic Belles: The Dedalus Book of Estonian Women's Literature, edited by Elle-Mari Talivee russian literature Red Valkyries explores the history

Red Valkyries explores the history of socialist feminism in Eastern Europe

their stories paint a vivid picture of what the second largest country in Europe feels like in wartime: a nation trapped between powerful forces

Masterfully translated by Marian Schwartz

despite persecution

The book also counters Russia's disinformation narratives about the revolution and America's role in it

Baltic Belles: The Dedalus Book of Estonian Women's Literature, edited by Elle-Mari Talivee russian literature Red Valkyries explores the historyThis anthology presents readers with a broad selection of fiction written between the late 19th century and today. The collection opens with the early realist Elisabeth Aspe, who described both village life and urban fear during the final decades of the 19th century. Early 20th century works by female writers often discussed the young creative individuals encounters in the transformed urbanised world, some of the most outstanding examples of which are