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Der Roman "Gegenwindschiff" von Jaan Kross, dem bedeutendsten estnischen Schriftsteller der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts, erschien 1987. Hauptperson der Erzählung, die Kross nicht als Biographie, sondern allenfalls als "romanisierte Biographie" verstanden wissen will, ist der verschrobene Tüftler und Erfinder Bernhard Schmidt. Als Jugendlicher verliert Schmidt beim Experimentieren mit Schießpulver seine rechte Hand. Trotzdem perfektioni...

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The story of a man who rose from peasant stock to become Estonia's most famous medieval chronicler - The third novel in a historical trilogy by Estonia's most famous writer

The story of a man who rose from peasant stock to become Estonia's most famous medieval chronicler - The third novel in a historical trilogy by Estonia's most famous writer

Six stories based around the time Estonians were slaves in their own home.

A young law student who is more often in than out of prison and labour camp during these years like his creator Jaan Kross. Forever carrying a charge of guilt that he has only contributed to his friends' misfortunes, he describes two thwarted attempts at his own dilemma when he can save his life only by sacrificing a friend's.

Tussen drie plagen, een van de allermooiste historische romans ooit geschreven, speelt zich af in de zestiende eeuw, in wat tegenwoordig Estland is, maar toen Lijfland werd genoemd. Het boek vertelt het verhaal van Balthasar Russow, een man die werkelijk heeft bestaan, als zoon van een voerman werkte hij zich op tot dominee van de hoofdstedelijke Heilige Geestkerk en de eerste geschiedschrijver van zijn eigen land.Terwijl Lijfland speelbal is ...

Dopo nove anni di prigionia nella fortezza di Schlüsselburg, il barone Timo von Bock, dichiarato pazzo, viene confinato con la famiglia nei suoi possedimenti baltici, sotto la stretta sorveglianza di spie governative. Che crimine ha commesso questo brillante aristocratico e colonnello dell'Impero russo, ammirato da Goethe e amico intimo dello stesso zar Alessandro? Nato nella culla dei privilegi, Timo è colpevole della follia di non riuscire a...

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In Estland gehört dieser Roman des bedeutendsten Gegenwartsautors des Landes zum Kulturgut. Protagonist des Romans ist der junge Jaak Sirkel, der das Wikmannsche Gymnasium in Tallinn besucht, eine der anerkanntesten Lehranstalten Estlands. Es ist die Zwischenkriegszeit, die goldene Zeit aller drei baltischen Staaten. Während sich die Esten in dieser Phase an der Unabhängigkeit ihres Landes erfreuen, ist die Schulzeit der Zöglinge ereignisreich...

Jaan Kross' first major novel dramatises the life of the renowned Livonian/Estonian Chronicler Balthasar Russow, whose Livonian Chronicle describes the effects of the Livonian War on the peasantry of what is now Estonia.For all his subsequent eminence, Russow was born the humble son of a peasant, and Between Three Plagues, chronicles his rise. As a boy, his thirst for knowledge is supported by his father, and good fortune allows him to study i...

The story of a man who rose from peasant stock to become Estonia's most famous medieval chronicler - The first novel in a historical trilogy by Estonia's most famous writer

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Timo von Bock's release by the Czar from nine years' incarceration does not spell the end of the Baron's troubles: he is confined to his Livonian estate to live under the constant eye of police informers planted among his own household, and is subjected to endless humiliations. It is claimed that he is a madman and in need of 'protection'.

È questa ferita che attraversa il Novecento a riaprirsi nei racconti di Jaan Kross. Tre episodi chiave di una storia di formazione che ha per protagonista il suo alter ego Peeter Mirk, giovane scrittore dissidente in perenne fuga, imprigionato dai nazisti e poi dai sovietici nello stesso carcere di Tallinn. Tre confessioni di un intellettuale che porta su di sé tutto il peso della storia di un paese e tutto il prezzo della colpa: di aver manca...

First published in Estonian under the title Vastutuulelaev: Bernhard Schmidti romaan in 1987 by Eesti Raamat in Tallinn, Estonia. Copyright (c) The Estate of Jaan Kross. Published by arrangement with Werner Soderstrom Ltd. (WSOY), Finland.

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