Summary of Doom 94
“Doom 94” is a novel about Janis, a teenager growing up in the Latvian town of Jelgava in 1994. The novel begins on 5 April 1994 with the death of Kurt Cobain, which profoundly impacts the local teenagers. Janis turns to a life filled with heavy metal music, grunge, and alternative teenage culture.
Reasons to read Doom 94
“Doom 94” is the debut novel of Latvian writer Jānis Joņevs and contains many autobiographical elements, providing readers with a glimpse into the lives of teenagers in Latvia during the 1990s, a pivotal period following independence from the Soviet Union. “Doom 94” won the European Union Prize for Literature in 2014 and was adapted into a film in 2019.
Setting: Jelgava (Latvia)
Original title: Jelgava 94
Year of publication: 2013
Nr of pages: 256
