Ajaloo ilu
Ajaloo ilu (History of Beauty) is a 1991 novel by Estonian author Viivi Luik, re-issued in 2002 and revised in 2011. It has been translated into Finnish, Danish, Dutch, Russian, Swedish, Norwegian, German, Latvian, Icelandic, Hungarian, French, Catalan, English and Albanian.
The plot unfolds in Latvia and Estonia in August 1968, when Soviet troops occupied Czechoslovakia during the Prague Spring.[1] The leading character is a 21-year-old woman who falls in love with a sculptor.
References[]
- ^ "Viivi Luik ja tema romaan "Ajaloo ilu"" (in Estonian). Arhiiv.err.ee. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
Categories:
- Estonian novels
- 1991 novels
- Novels set in Latvia
- Novels set in 20th-century Russia
- Estonia stubs
- 1990s historical novel stubs