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Estonian Life Stories

Estonian Life Stories

Author(s): Tiina Kirss (Editor)

Location(s): Estonia

Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Short Stories

Era(s): 20th Century

This anthology contains 25 selected life stories collected from Estonians who lived through the tribulations of the 20 century, and describe the travails of ordinary people under numerous regimes. The autobiographical accounts provide authentic perspectives on events of this period, where time is placed in the context of life-spans, and subjects grounded in personal experience. Most of the life stories reveal sufferings under foreign (Russian) oppression.

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