Vari
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Estonia during the time of slavery. Kukulinn, created for the poor of the rural commune. Somewhere in the distance, the roaring Peipsi. Villu, a clever and kind-hearted orphan, dreams of a more just society, where neither origin nor gender would determine one's fate... Villu learns to read under the tutelage of his stepbrother, who works as a manor valet, in the hope of becoming a writer. He has discovered the magic of education and even manages to publish poetry in the press, but then Villu falls under the wrath of the old owner of the manor, is brutally beaten, and loses his mind. The childhood longing to see the vast, roaring Peipsi that can be glimpsed behind the forest remains unfulfilled. The longing, if it were not there in front of the forest, remains...
2024 will mark the 160th anniversary of Juhan Liiv's birth, and it will also be 130 years since the first publication of the story "Vari". "Shadow" certainly holds a special place in the work of the author, who is known as a poet.
