The Czar's Madman
About the book
A nobleman declared mad after honestly criticising the Czar becomes the focus of a study of truth and power.
Original title: Keisri hull
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Kross reconstructs Estonia’s past through difficult ethical choices. In this historical novel, honesty with a ruler can cost a person freedom. Kivirähk imagines the disappearing language of snakes, while Tammsaare and Vilde explore land and social inequality. Tode carries questions of belonging to Paris. Finnish-language Oksanen, connected with Estonia through family and subject matter, appears here as a voice shared with Finnish literature.
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- The Czar's MadmanJaan Kross
- The Man Who Spoke SnakishAndrus Kivirähk
- Milkman of the ManorEduard Vilde
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A boy who speaks the language of snakes watches a forest culture disappear as new customs triumph.
Original title: Mees, kes teadis ussisõnu
Milkman of the Manor
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An arrangement between an estate owner and a peasant exposes economic and sexual dependencies.
Original title: Mäeküla piimamees
Truth and Justice: Andres and Pearu
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Two neighbours’ rivalry and hard work on the land become an inquiry into justice and human ambition.
Original title: Tõde ja õigus I
Border State
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A young eastern European in Paris confronts Western aspirations with estrangement.
Original title: Piiririik
Purge
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Two women’s encounter exposes memories of Estonia’s Soviet occupation, betrayal and sexual violence.
Original title: Puhdistus
Professor Martens’ Departure
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A train journey prompts a tsarist official to examine compromise, ambition and responsibility for serving power.
Listopadowe porzeczki
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Village life mingles with Estonian folklore, spirits and the cunning needed to survive a hostile world.
Original title: Rehepapp
PolishTranslation
Listopadowe porzeczki
Wydawnictwo Literackie
Translated by Anna Michalczuk-Podlecki
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- Andrus Kivirähk — wydanie i informacje o autorze ↗
- Eduard Vilde — wydanie i informacje o autorze ↗
- Anton Hansen Tammsaare — wydanie i informacje o autorze ↗
- Emil Tode — wydanie i informacje o autorze ↗
- Sofi Oksanen — wydanie i informacje o autorze ↗
- Jaan Kross — Professor Martens’ Departure ↗
- Andrus Kivirähk — Listopadowe porzeczki ↗
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