About the book: 1954 / One of the main characteristic features of Vilis Latsis’s mastery, manifested in “Wingless Birds”, is the ability to reveal the most significant social contradictions of the depicted era through the destinies of his heroes , those contradictions that determine the direction of development of social life. In the trilogy, these are primarily the contradictions between labor and capital. In the foreground of the trilogy are images of young people from the working environment. These are Voldis Vitol, Karl Liepzar and Lauma Gulbis, standing face to face with the reality of their time. But, faced with the difficulties of life, each of them goes their own individual way..