Jaan Kross's historical novel Sailing Against the Wind fictionalizes the life of Bernhard Schmidt (1879-1935), an Estonian-born inventor. It is a meditation on national identity, the relationship between history and the individual life, and the mechanisms of the historical novel as a genre.
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Product details

ISBN
9780810126527
Published
2012-01-30
Publisher
Northwestern University Press; Northwestern University Press
Weight
486 gr
Height
213 mm
Width
139 mm
Thickness
30 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
480

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