Tags archives: book-review

Urmas Vadi The Far Side of the Moon

By Karl-Martin Sinijärv
1/2024
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Urmas Vadi has staged literary scenes where absolute realism and the absurd come together to form a bizarre cohabitation for years, if not ...

Viivi Luik
The Golden Crown

by Aija Sakova
ELM 2/2023
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Viivi Luik is undoubtedly one of the most important and internationally renowned authors of Estonian literature. Enchanting Estonian reader...

Gunnar Neeme
Windsure

by Janika Kronberg
ELM 2/2023
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Gunnar Neeme (1918–2005) lived most of his life in Australia and achieved international recognition as an artist. He published two ...

Jaanus Vaiksoo
Shoe #41

By Kadri Naanu
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Shoe #41 by Jaanus Vaiksoo is a new addition to the series that follows the adventures of 12-year-old Paul Fifth and his best friends, Min...

Kärt Hellerma
The Blue Mass

By Eret Talviste
ELM 2/2022
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Kärt Hellerma (b. 1956) is an Estonian writer whose debut book, Alchemy, appeared in 1997. She has since published in a variety of genres, ...

Anti Saar
Anni’s Things

Kairi Look
ELM 1/2022
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Every new book Anti Saar writes holds a surprise in terms of both topic and style. He has published close to a dozen works; including young...

Kertu Sillaste
Help!

Jaanika Palm
ELM 1/2022
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Kertu Sillaste has already been a familiar name to fans of Estonian children’s literature for more than a decade. After initially illustrat...

Piret Raud
The Rooted Garden

Jaanika Palm
ELM 1/ 2022
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Although The Rooted Garden is a small book in a soft pink color palette, its message is tremendous and provides a feast of food for thought...

Kadri Hinrikus
The Elephant

Jaanika Palm
ELM 1/2022
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Kadri Hinrikus’s books let the brighter side of life shine through, and are ideal for when dark clouds of worry crowd one’s thoughts or unf...

Rein Raud
The Sun Script

Siim Lill
ELM 1/2022
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Rein Raud is an author, philosopher, and Asian Studies scholar whose works never go unnoticed. Raud’s numerous novels serve as a li...

Eva Koff
Lucid Dreams

Silvia Urgas
ELM 1/ 2022
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Eva Koff’s second novel Lucid Dreams is true to its title, exploring a state of lucid dreaming that is so powerful it cannot be separat...

Kai Aareleid
Pacific Ocean

By Kärt Hellerma
ELM 1/2022
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It’s easy to summarize Kai Aareleid’s novel Pacific Ocean in just a few words: Stella, the protagonist, is cheated on by her hu...

Kiwa
Sources of Rubber Glue

Helena Läks
ELM 1/2022
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Kiwa (Jaanus Kivaste) dabbles in an array of creative fields: he is perhaps best known as an artist but is also a composer, curator, p...

Juta Kivimäe
The Drawing Room

Taavi Kangur
ELM 1/ 2022
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Juta Kivimäe’s debut novel The Drawing Room shared first place in the 2021 novel-writing competition organized by the Estonian Writ...

Loone Ots
Love in a Hopeless Place

By Andrei Hvostov
ELM 1/2022
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Loone Ots’s debut novel won first place in the Estonian Writers’ Union’s 2021 Fiction Contest. Reviewing Loone Ots’s novel, I must t...