Anton Tammsaare (99 results)

paperback. Condition: Near Fine. DETAILS: PAPERBACK, attractive copy, near fine with mild fold mark on rear outer corner; Lightning Source printing colophon on last page. TAMMSAARE, ANTON HANSEN. The misadventures of the new Satan. Translated from the Estonian by Olga Shartze and Christopher Moseley. London, United Kingdom: Norvik Press, 2018, 255pp., . Norvik Press Series B, no. 43. ISBN 9781909408432.…

Paper Back. Condition: Very Good.

Trade Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Misadventures of the New Satan. Book.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: New. Satan has a problem: God has come to the conclusion that it is unfair to send souls to hell if they are fundamentally incapable of living a decent life on earth. If this is the case, then hell will be shut down, and the human race written off as an unfortunate mistake. Satan is given the chance to prove that human beings are capable of salvation - thus ensuring the survival of hell - if he agrees to live as a human being and demonstrate that it is possible to live a righteous life. St Peter suggests that life as a farmer might offer Satan the best chance of success, because of the catalogue of privations he will be forced to endure. And so Satan ends up back on earth, living as Jurka, a great bear of a man, the put-upon tenant of a run-down Estonian farm. His patience and good nature are sorely tested by the machinations of his scheming, unscrupulous landlord and the social and religious hypocrisy he encounters.The Misadventures of the New Satan is the last novel by Estonia's greatest twentieth-century writer, Anton Tammsaare (1876-1940), 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. Tammsaare combines a satire on the inequalities of rural life and absurdly rigid social attitudes with biblical themes, mythology, and bawdy folklore. The novel has proved to be an enduring classic of European literature. …

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This second volume of A.H. Tammsaare's monumental pentalogy portrays the education of Indrek who emerges here as the protagonist and will remain so throughout the next three volumes. This is a story of moving to the polyglot city and abandoning the countryside which at that time was the heartland of the Estonian language. This new environment is a vortex of prejudices and national rivalries nevertheless held together in practice by a strange and very human tolerance.Here Tammsaare writes with his trademark wit and deep understanding of human nature, and we find ourselves in the company of a vast gallery of larger-than-life characters who jostle, scheme and argue over both trivialities and the great issues of the human condition. They may do the latter out of their own intellectual narcissism or simply for the joy of debate, but the ensuing dialogues rival those of the great Russian novelists.The boarding school is as dysfunctional as any Dickensian one, but it is a great deal more benevolent. Russians, Germans, Poles, Latvians and Caucasians mix with the Estonian majority, speaking in a mix of Russian, German and Estonian, and somehow compromises are nearly always arrived at in spite of, or possibly because of some extraordinary theatrics, in which Mr Maurus must outperform not only all the other characters in the book but very probably all other celebrated headmasters created by European literature over the centuries. Indrek not only has to come to terms with this world so utterly unsuited to his shy and innocent rural upbringing, but he also has to deal with his first encounters with love and death. Volume II of Tammsaare's monumental pentalogy portrays Indrek's education and his shift to the polyglot city from the countryside which was the Estonian heartland at the time. This new environment is a vortex of prejudices and national rivalries nevertheless held together in practice by a strange and very human tolerance. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: New. This second volume of A.H. Tammsaare's monumental pentalogy portrays the education of Indrek who emerges here as the protagonist and will remain so throughout the next three volumes. This is a story of moving to the polyglot city and abandoning the countryside which at that time was the heartland of the Estonian language. This new environment is a vortex of prejudices and national rivalries nevertheless held together in practice by a strange and very human tolerance. Here Tammsaare writes with his trademark wit and deep understanding of human nature, and we find ourselves in the company of a vast gallery of larger-than-life characters who jostle, scheme and argue over both trivialities and the great issues of the human condition. They may do the latter out of their own intellectual narcissism or simply for the joy of debate, but the ensuing dialogues rival those of the great Russian novelists. The boarding school is as dysfunctional as any Dickensian one, but it is a great deal more benevolent. Russians, Germans, Poles, Latvians and Caucasians mix with the Estonian majority, speaking in a mix of Russian, German and Estonian, and somehow compromises are nearly always arrived at in spite of, or possibly because of some extraordinary theatrics, in which Mr Maurus must outperform not only all the other characters in the book but very probably all other celebrated headmasters created by European literature over the centuries. Indrek not only has to come to terms with this world so utterly unsuited to his shy and innocent rural upbringing, but he also has to deal with his first encounters with love and death.…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: new.

Condition: New.

paperback. Condition: Very Good in Wrappers. No Jacket. First Edition. Glasgow. 2018. November 2018. Vagabond Voices. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 9781908251831. Translated by Christopher Moseley. 260 pages. paperback. keywords: Europe Estonia Literature Translated World Literature. DESCRIPTION - 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? inventory #38923. …

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 260 pages. 8.00x5.75x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Condition: new.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 480 pages. Estonian language. 8.19x5.63x1.46 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New. In English.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 255 pages. 8.00x5.75x0.80 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. In English.

8vo; original grey cloth blocked in red and gilt; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 244 + (ii); frontis. portrait; plates. Dustwrapper rather edgeworn and foxed; edges and endpapers foxed, with occasional foxing and light soiling elsewhere. Good. First published in 1939, 'Devil with a False Passport' is the last novel and best-known work of Anton Hansen Tammsaare (1878-1940) one Estonia's most famous literary figures.…

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Edition originale. Edition Originale en langue française par Tremois en 1946, reliure artisanale demi veau d' époque en assez bon état avec un dos à 4 nerfs orné orné du nom de l' auteur et d' une pièce de titre dorée à l' or fin et des plats marbrés, format 22X14,5X2,5 cm, 277 pages.…