A.H. Tammsaare byl estonský spisovatel, jehož pentalogie Pravda a spravedlnost je považována za jedno z hlavních děl estonské literatury. Jeho dílo je hluboce ovlivněno ruskými klasiky a jeho vlastní životní zkušenosti, včetně nemoci a studia jazyků, formovaly jeho jedinečný styl. Tammsaareho tvorba se zabývá složitými tématy a zaujímá ústřední místo v rozvoji estonského románu s evropským významem.
This monumental work by Estonia's greatest writer is a European classic which has for too long been neglected in the English-speaking world. It tells the story of how Tsarist Estonia developed into the First Republic through the experiences of a family.
This is the last novel by Estonia's greatest twentieth-century writer, Anton Tammsaare, and it constitutes a fitting summation of the themes that occupied him throughout his writing: the search for truth and social justice, and the struggle against corruption and greed.
A gripping love story, in which the classic love triangle takes a very untraditional form. The plot is centered on an Estonian university student who falls in love with a young Baltic German woman. The Baltic Germans had lost their aristocratic position since Estonia declared its independence. The young German earns her keep as a tutor for an Estonian family, and is not well-off. The young man, Oskar, starts courting the girl frivolously, but then falls head-over-heels for her. Before long, the prejudice that an Estonian and a Baltic German are of unequal standing stalks the couple. When Oskar goes to ask Erika's grandfather - a former manor lord - for the girl's hand, the meeting leaves a deep impression on him. Oskar finds himself wondering if he doesn't love the woman in Erika, but rather her grandfather; meaning, her noble descent. Does love depend solely upon the emotions of two young individuals, or are their origins, their social and cultural background actually the deciding factor?