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Originally Posted by Richwood
I noted when in Holland years ago, circa 1972, that book stores seemed to have books in 4 languages. Languages were Dutch, English, French and German. The Dutch are highly multilingual and Holland is a small enough country that apparently relatively few books are published in Dutch. The same true in Estonia? Anything specialized or most fiction is going to only be available in Russian or English?
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It was true in Estonia about 20-30 years ago, but not so much anymore. Nowadays there's plenty Estonian books and translations. But I got used to reading fiction in English during the lean times. Besides, I have always been a nut of science fiction, fantasy and historical mysteries, so I read mostly in those genres in my free time. And there's vastly bigger selection available in English, especially in historical mysteries.