Soviet Suppression: A Personal Account

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The paper illustrates how the novel depicts the time the author spent in the Russian gulag between 1946 and 1954. The paper highlights the various themes underlying the book. The paper explores how Kross succeeded in capturing the essence of his time and life experience by creating a novel that is both psychological, betraying an introspective nature as well as historical, depicting events under Soviet rule. The paper portrays how the novel offers an in depth analysis of the inner situation of the main character, Professor Martens, and also highlights events that took place in European history at the beginning of the century.

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"His depiction of the events reflects the 1905 Russian revolution which triggered the latent Estonian aspiration for independence. Yet, in the same manner that the novel is of historical value, it is a psychological perspective; therefore, the author himself places Martens on a quest for his own personal inward analysis. He thus comes to an unhappy conclusion that he has been an obedient servant of a regime that would not hesitate to trample over him in the same manner as it did with other of its subjects. It is here that a certain identity crisis is triggered by the author in order to motivate a moral analysis of the diplomat's activity in the service of the empire."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Background Note: Estonia. Oct. 2005. 2 Mar. 2006. <http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5377.htm>
• Kross, Jaan. Professor Marten's Departure: review. Dec. 2005. 2 Mar. 2006.<http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?book=918446&referpage=users.php&mode=social>
• Kross, Jaan. The Writer of a Small Nation. 2003. 2 Mar. 2006<http://www.estlit.ee/index.php?id=881>
• Kross Jaan. Professor Martens' Departure. 2003. 2 Mar. 2006.<http://www.estlit.ee/index.php?id=955>
• Sihtasutus, Eesti Keele. Kross, Jaan. Autobiographism and Subtext. 2003. 2 Mar. 2006<http://www.estlit.ee/index.php?id=1434>

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