The boy who saw in the dark
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The boy who saw in the dark
For one boy, seeing differently means seeing more...
Jēkabs is a boy born into an unusual family. But he still wants to be like everyone else – riding his bike around the house, playing on his Game Boy, looking after a kitten, wearing a stylish jacket, swimming in the lake, and sending love texts to Liene.
My parents are blind. It’s nothing special. It’s just how it is. And it always has been. Who knows, maybe someone pointed out clause no. X, written in tiny print, to me at the huge entrance gate to this world, but that’s not important. What’s important is that, thanks to them, I was special. Me! Special! Special because I could see in the dark.
The Boy Who Could See in the Dark is one of the most distinctive works of modern Latvian literature.
Rasa Bugavičute-Pēce
A Latvian playwright and writer. In 2011, she graduated with a bachelor's degree in theatre, film, and television dramaturgy from the Latvian Academy of Culture. In 2013, she earned a master's degree in cultural management and creative writing. Her plays are staged in major Latvian state and independent theatres, as well as abroad – in Lithuania, Estonia, Russia, and Israel. She also writes scripts for films, television series, radio plays, and concerts. Rasa participates in numerous local and international playwriting workshops, some of which she organises herself. In her work, she often addresses sensitive social issues, seeking ways to make them accessible to the general public. Her novel The Boy Who Could See in the Dark is one of the most distinctive works of modern Latvian literature.
