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Viivi Luik is undoubtedly one of the most important and internationally renowned authors of Estonian literature. Enchanting Estonian reader...
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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 ...
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The history of the novel-writing competition organized by the Estonian Writers’ Union goes back nearly a century, albeit with interrupt...
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And then it’s over. Karel is home that night. He sees me from the kitchen window and comes to the door, eyes wide with excitement and a...
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This year marks the thirtieth birthday of Tõnu Õnnepalu’s, aka Emil Tode’s Border State (1993), one of the most widely translated contempor...
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Thirty years have passed since the release of Border State, a novel by Tõnu Õnnepalu (b. 1962) that was published under the pseudonym E...
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The reception of Emil Tode’s Border State (1993) was shaped by multiple elements that were novel to Estonian literature of the time, i...
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Andrus Kivirähk is one of the most popular and fascinating Estonian authors of the last quarter century (and no doubt of all time). His new...
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Mehis Heinsaare’s second full-length novel The Lost Tribe whisks readers to a deserted bog island, where the author muses in his signature ...
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Lilli Luuk appeared on the Estonian literary scene like a glimmering comet from a faraway galaxy – coming out of nowhere but taking her rig...
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Tauno Vahter is a publisher, translator, and writer. A Good Russian is his second novel, following The 11 Escapes of Madis Jefferson (2021)...
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Carolina Pihelgas’s debut novel can be labeled as a “kinship book”. Composed with confidence, its plot extends from the recent- to the some...
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Epp Annus’s Greetings, Aleksander is a tale told in an old farmhouse in the middle of a hayfield, among the dull yellow loneliness of grass...
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Estonian writer Tõnis Tootsen received one of the five special mentions for the European Union Prize for Literature with his wonderful nove...
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The full extent of Jaak Jõerüüt’s writing is outstanding. Over just a handful of years, he has published short stories, a novel, an incred...
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Pâté of the Apes by Tõnis Tootsen (b. 1988) is the story of Ergo, the first ape who has learned to write. As the title suggests, the s...
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I just wrote about Undo and Redo at considerable length, but barely added a word about Mom and Dad. As someone wro...
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On New Year’s Eve a man straggles his way through Stockholm. Although he has been living in the city for quite some time, the narrator...
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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, ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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5:07 a.m.SALME
The snow has compacted into dense drifts. I have to lift my short legs high with every step and bring them down with full...
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Russian-Estonian writer Andrei Ivanov lives with his wife and son in a Soviet-era apartment block on the outskirts of Estonia’s capital. He...
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David Vseviov is a popular historian in Estonia – students know him as an erudite professor, while the general public knows him as an enter...
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Postimees Kirjastus 2019, 272 ppISBN 9789949669653
Eia Uus’s new novel, What It Feels Like for a Girl, could be catalogued in the “leisu...
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Lepp ja Nagel 2019, 232 ppISBN 9789789949014
Paavo Matsin’s new novel is a treat for the author’s long-time fans. The story is fast-pace...
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Tänapäev 2019, 208 ppISBN 9789949856206
According to the text on the back cover of Piret Raud’s novel The Garden of Devil’s Milks, this ...
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When Estonia gained independence in 1918, one of the first tasks of the new state was to tell the rest of the world that it exists. Diploma...
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From the “Writers with Writers” seriesTallinn; Hea Lugu, 2018. 158 pp. ISBN 9789949634538
In 2018, the Hea
Lugu publishing house launc...
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Paris (Twenty-five years later) EKSA 2019, 176 pp. ISBN 9789949604876 Aaker (Muskoka, Ontario, CA) EKSA 2019, 389 pp. ISBN 97899...
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Salv, 2018. 192 pp.ISBN 9789949887408
Rein Raud is an author riveted by society. In addition to writing prose, poetry, and drama, he is ...
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The object of this guide is to supply curious readers, who are possibly also travellers in the country, with some information about the lan...
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Nikolai Baturin is one of the most exceptional and reclusive Estonian writers. The reception of his work has been contradictory: for a long...
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Ilona Laaman: Mulle ei meeldinud su nimi (I Did Not Like Your Name)Huma: Tallinn, 1999. 43 ppIlona Laaman (1934) lives in Sweden, where she...
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Madis Kõiv: Near Kähri Church at Pekri (Kähri kerko man Pekril)"Studia Memoria" II. Võru: Võru Instituut, 1999. 232 ppEstonian literat...