• Truth and Justice Andres and Pearu A.H. Tammsaare Translated from the Estonian by Inna Feldbach and Alan Peter Trei Haute Culture Books First edition - May 2014 Copy of the limited physical edition Edited by Jamie Schwartz and Trey Sager Certified by the Publisher, Luis de Miranda Cover design by Linda Ayres ©Haute Culture Books / Kreell AB www.hauteculturebooks.com Kreell AB / Kungsklippan 9 11225 Stockholm - Sweden If you are reading this novel in its digital version, this e-book is offered to you by Haute Culture Books®. You can share the e-book version freely, as long as you do not sell it. For any commercial use of this English translation, please contact our Rights and Permissions Department. To help us bring literary masterpieces to more readers around the world, become a Book Angel and pre-order our exclusive limited paper editions. www.hauteculturebooks.com
[email protected] • Foreword A. H. TAMMSAARE AND HIS TRUTH AND JUSTICE he five volumes of Truth and Justice comprise the major work of Anton Hansen Tammsaare (1878–1940), Estonia’s T most eminent classic literary author. You now hold in your hands the first and most renowned volume of the pental- ogy. Volume I has been translated into many languages, including German, French, and Russian, but this edition represents its first English publication. So it seems appropriate to provide here, for the English-language reader, an overview of the most essential aspects of Tammsaare’s life and work. Tammsaare is not just an author, but a national icon. In Estonia, two museums and two monuments are dedicated to him, one of which was inaugurated during the author’s lifetime.