Read more: Literature and congealed time
Lennart Meri’s (President of Estonia, 1992-2001) philosophical travelogues and later essay-like books Silver White (Hõbevalge) and More Silver-White (Hõbevalgem) had a nourishing effect on the Estonian national consciousness. In these works the author, relying on historical sources, discusses the origin and intellectual world of the Finno-Ugrian peoples.

