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Kross began writing prose in the latter half of the 1960s, first with a film scenario "A Livonian Chronicle" (Liivimaa kroonika) which dealt with the life of the author Balthasar Russow (1536-1600) and which also became the subject of his first masterpiece "Between Three Plagues" (Kolme katku vahel, 1970), a suit of four novels. From that time onwards Kross moved by stage nearer to our present time in history, describing figures from Estonian history, first in short stories and novellæ, later in novels, also in writings where he has drawn upon his own experiences. The heroes of his novels tend to be of Estonian or Baltic German origin and cultured people, though on the margins of society and are usually faced with a moral dilemma of some sort.
]]> male Tallinn 1920/02/19 2007/12/27 445180 186046579X 9781860465796 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174843475m/445180.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174843475s/445180.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/445180.The_Czar_s_Madman 4.22 23 250312 4.08 80 12 1989 445182 1565841115 9781565841116 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174843476m/445182.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174843476s/445182.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/445182.Professor_Martens_Departure 4.00 11 250312 4.08 80 12 1990 445181 1860460054 9781860460050 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174843476m/445181.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174843476s/445181.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/445181.The_Conspiracy_Other_Stories 4.11 9 250312 4.08 80 12 1996 886605 1843430363 9781843430360 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179189188m/886605.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179189188s/886605.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/886605.Treading_Air 4.38 8 Treading Air follows the life of Ullo Paerand through 30 years of violent political upheaval. Abandoned by his father as a child, he grows up to become an electoral assistant to the parliamentary office in Tallinn and it is in this position that Ullo witnesses first the Soviet and then the German occupation of Estonia. Forced out of his honest profession Ullo becomes involved with the Resistance but, when many Estonians flee the country, he chooses to remain. An interlude of a decade shows much has changed since the end of the War; Soviet influence is marked in the style of government and the manner of the people. The narrative unfolds in stories imparted to an unknown 'author' by a 70-year-old Ullo. Just before the end, however, Kross introduces a teasing ambiguity: Ullo dies before he is able to answer the last question about his life.]]> 250312 4.08 80 12 2003 886606 998586218X 9789985862186 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1250025182m/886606.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1250025182s/886606.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/886606.Wikmani_poisid_ 4.12 8 250312 4.08 80 12 1988 2877403 9985862155 9789985862155 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1250024673m/2877403.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1250024673s/2877403.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2877403.Kolme_katku_vahel_ 3.71 7 250312 4.08 80 12 1997 2877402 9985611020 9789985611029 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1250023888m/2877402.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1250023888s/2877402.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2877402.Mesmeri_ring 5.00 2 250312 4.08 80 12 1995 886607 9985862384 9789985862384 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1250024125m/886607.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1250024125s/886607.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/886607.Paigallend 5.00 1 250312 4.08 80 12 1998 6146591 9985790782 9789985790786 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1233051686m/6146591.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1233051686s/6146591.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6146591.Mardileib 3.00 1 250312 4.08 80 12 1973 4949328 0828526389 9780828526388 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4949328.Rock_from_the_Sky 0.0 0 250312 4.08 80 12 1984