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in the clear winter night there’s
one window still light,
behind it
a grown man curses his
slow computer.
that man is me...
ELM 2018/2
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Siret Campbell, Beatrice
Siret Campbell, 2018. 60 pp
ISBN 9789949880256
(also available in English: ISBN: 9789949886517)
Near-future sc...
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Triinu Meres, Lihtsad valikud (Simple Choices)
Varrak, 2017. 272 pp
and
Kuningate tagasitulek (The Return of the Kings)
Orpheuse Raamatu...
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If ever there was a fitting location for a first-of-its-kind showcase of Estonian literature and culture in the Anglophone world, it was the...
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Leelo Tungal, Seltsimees laps (Comrade Kid)
Tänapäev, 2018. 512 pp
ISBN 9789949853076
Leelo Tungal’s Comrade Kid trilogy – Co...
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Vahur Afanasjev is a multifaceted man who has written poetry as well as prose, produced films, performed music, and dabbled in many other cr...
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"A Perfect Day" is a new ELM column, in which individuals associated with literature in Estonia share their recipes for a perfect day. The f...
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Excerpt from the chapter “Deportation”
The widow Glafira’s sauna has been heated. Sitting in the cramped dressing roo...
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“Everybody has won and all must have prizes.”
Those are the Dodo’s words in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, and both James F. E...
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Clouds have meaning. The meaning is indistinct and floating, but is simultaneously constant and incessantly turning back. We cannot imagine ...
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Viivi Luik’s collection of essays titled Pildi ilu rikkumise paratamatus (The Inevitability of Ruining the Picture’s Beauty), which also inc...
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Olle Lauli, Kuristik (The Abyss)
Tallinn, Gallus, 2018. 439 pp
ISBN 9789949720637
Olle Lauli, writing under a pseudonym, is inarguably ...
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Berk Vaher, Silmanurga taga (Behind the Corner of the Eye)
Elusamus 2018, 56 pp.
ISBN 9789949884346
The title Silmanurga taga (Behind the...
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Andra Teede, Pikad mehed, pikad elud (Tall Men, Long Lives)
Jumalikud ilmutused, 2018. 70 pp.
ISBN 9789949519934
Andra Teede is a poet an...
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Indrek Hargla, Kolmevaimukivi (The Three-Spirit Stone)
Raudhammas, 2018. 425 pp
ISBN 9789949985166
This spring, Indrek Hargla...
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Kadri Hinrikus, an Estonian children’s literature author, first became known to most of the local population as a TV news anchor. Her hobby ...
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Estonia is a land of theater wonder, with sublime plays that are like Estonian chocolates: once you’ve opened the box, you can’t sto...