The Reconstruction

Rein Raud

ISBN 10: 0916583805 / ISBN 13: 9780916583804

Published by Dalkey Archive Press, US, 2017

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For five years, Enn Padrik has postponed the investigation into theapparently religiously inspired suicides of his daughter and herfriends at a commune near Viljandi, but now he can postpone it nolonger. He must travel all over Estonia and even as far as Franceinterviewing anyone who might remember anything relevant.Some of these people seem to have been waiting for him, othersrefuse to talk. And little by little, a bigger and quite unexpectedpicture starts to emerge. From the late 1970s through 2011, TheReconstruction spans the lives of two generations, going from thelate 1970s through 2011, narrating the changes in the wider worldand Estonian society in particular, the transition from a world ofright and wrong to a world where most things are neither, but theyearning for absolute truths still won't go away.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Reconstruction
• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press, US
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0916583805
• ISBN 13: 9780916583804
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

For five years, Enn Padrik has postponed the investigation into the apparently religiously inspired suicide of his daughter and her friends at a commune near Viljandi, but now he cannot do it any longer. He has to travel all over Estonia and even to France to talk to those who might remember anything relevant. Some of these people seem to have been waiting for him, others refuse to talk. And little by little, a bigger and quite unexpected picture starts to emerge.

From the late 1970s through 2011, the book spans the lives of two generations, the changes in the world at large and the Estonian society in particular, the transition from a world of rights and wrongs to a world where most things are neither, but the yearning for absolute truths still won't go away. 

About the Authors

Rein Raud was born in Estonia in 1961. Since 1974, he has published numerous poetry collections, short stories, novels, and plays. For his works he has received both the Estonian Cultural Endowment Annual Prize and the Vilde Prize. Having earned his PhD in Literary Theory from the University of Helsinki in 1994, Raud is also a widely published scholar of cultural theory as well as the literature and philosophy of both modern and pre-modern Japan.

Adam Cullen was born in Minneapolis. In 2007 he moved to Tallinn, Estonia, where he currently resides. His translations of Tõnu Õnnepalu's Radio and Mikhel Mutt's The Cavemen Chronicle are also available from Dalkey Archive Press.