''Ohvrilaev'' is a novel by

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

n author

Gert Helbemäe Gert Helbemäe (birth name Gert-Joachim Einborn; 10 November 1913 Tallinn – 15 July 1974 London) was an Estonian writer and journalist. He is known mainly for his historical novels and short story, short stories. From 1921 to 1933 he studied in ...

. It was first published in 1960 in

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(US) and ) is a city in the provinces of Sweden, province of Scania, southern Swed ...

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Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv Eesti Kirjanike Kooperatiiv (''Estonian Writers' Cooperative'') was a publishing house in Lund, Sweden. It was founded by members of the Estonian diaspora, mainly writers August Gailit, Bernard Kangro, Valev Uibopuu and Enn Vallak, in 1950 and ...

(''Estonian Writers' Cooperative''). In Estonia it was published in 1992.

Plot

The novel tells a love story between a

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and a young

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girl, taking place in the 1930s in

Kalamaja Kalamaja (Estonian for ''Fish House''; ) is a subdistrict of the district of Põhja-Tallinn (Northern Tallinn) in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It is located just northwest of the historical town centre, on the coast of the Tallinn Bay. Kala ...

References

Estonian novels 1960 novels Novels set in the 1930s Novels set in Estonia Fiction about Jews and Judaism {{1960s-hist-novel-stub