Started with Kevade (The Spring)

‘When Arno arrived at school with his father, the lesson had already begun.’

This is how one of the most significant works of Estonian literature begins – a work which, I believe, is known to young and old alike in Estonia: ‘Spring’ (1912/1913) by Oskar Luts. In it, drawing on his own childhood, he tells the story of a group of schoolchildren in rural Estonia during the late Tsarist era. The 1969 film adaptation is a popular Estonian film classic.

Unfortunately, my language skills aren’t up to scratch, so I’m reading the novel in Russian translation.

I’ll let you know how it goes 🙂