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Original Essays | December 12, 2009

Alexander McCall Smith: IMG The Courage of Others

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Professor Martens Departure

by Jaan Kross

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A "witty and poignant" novel (Guardian) by Estonia's leading novelist.
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vaikne, May 21, 2007 (view all comments by vaikne)
This is a great introduction to the work of Jaan Kross--Estonia's preeminent man of letters. It tells the fictionalized tale of Friedrich Martens, diplomat and jurist for Czarist Russia at the turn of the 20th century. Martens is a man caught between his Estonian heritage, which is threatened by czarist policies of Russification, and his public identity as an international representative for Mother Russia.

An intriguing insight into Estonia's colonial past by that nation's best known and Nobel Prize nominated author, Jaan Kross.
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ISBN:
9781565841116
Translator:
Hollo, Anselm
Author:
Hollo, Anselm
Author:
Kross, Jaan
Publisher:
New Press
Subject:
General
Subject:
Fiction
Publication Date:
May 1995
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
304
Dimensions:
9.20x6.13x.79 in. .97 lbs.
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