The bilingual book (in Latvian and English) is dedicated to this peculiar Latvian tradition.
The first part of the book comprises black-and-white photographs by Mārtiņš Grauds taken at various cemetery festivals between 2008 and 2012.
The second part features essays by Janīna Kursīte, Ilona Miezīte, Māra Mellēna, Tālis Tisenkopfs, Andris Akmentiņš as well as conversations with photographer Mārtiņš Grauds, director Alvis Hermanis and actor Gundars Āboliņš.
The book is supplemented with a poster featuring Mārtiņš Grauds’ photos of exactly 101 cemetery benches.
