‘I didn’t believe my eyes, not even when I saw what was happening in front of them.’
During that week of September 2000 that Tanya and I spent in Tallinn and Tartu, I was called upon several times to write something about Estonia. Each time I explained that while I was honoured by the request, writing a short story isn’t just a matter of choosing a country and a topic and taking o…
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