Diary of Kaspars Tobis

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Diary of Kaspars Tobis
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The diary of the musician Kaspara Tobis was written from February 1986, when the author was 15 years old, until 23 March 1991. This is the work of a talented author, a vivid testimony of the thoughts and life of a young man living in Latvia in the 1980.

The diary starts by documenting school experiences and day-to-day life. The author reflects on the books he had read, music, and films, as well as current events in space research, including the UFO fad at the end of the 1980s. The diary inspires with itssubtle descriptions of landscapes and scenery. The author also documented himself becoming a musician—his passion for musical technique, playing, his avant-garde recordings in the living room at home, and performing on the night of barricades in old Riga. At the end of the journal he increasingly focuses on political developments and changes in our region. On 11 November 1988—Lāčplēsis Day—a procession takes place and there is a meeting at the Writers’ Palace (Sanatorium), the Latvian anthemis sung and the red-white-red flag flies. Concerts and programmes devoted to Christmas are shown on television. The Baltic Way and the Barricades.

When asked how he got the idea of writing a journal, Kaspars Tobis said, “Just like many others at the time, I was enthralled by the novels of Jack London and Rockwell Kent. The novel Call of the Wild, where everyone wrote diaries, probably also prompted me to begin this exercise!”

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