Beautiful writing, but I can't say I understood everything. You'd probably have to be an Estonian of the right generation to get the most out of it - which is OK: writers don't have to cater to everyone, and in any case, cryptic speech is central to the “plot“ (to get around surveillance) - hence the photo featuring examples of surreal WW2 coded messages: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Fran%C3%A7ais_parlent_aux_Fran%C3%A7aishickleb...
Started this very poetic and slightly surreal, but so far very confusing novel, written by an Estonian author about an Estonian young woman, but set in Riga (Latvia). I got this much from the back cover - the 1st pages of the book itself are far from clear 😊
There is a sentence about The Lord who did not order His angel to put sticks (or penises - the French translation is ambiguous 😮) in salt for the main character?
I so wish for footnotes...
Trying to finish High Tide quicky before I lose my motivation, because frankly, I'm finding it underwhelming. I don't like the tone (it might be the translation) - it feels contrived.
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In 1654 Queen Christina of Sweden abdicated her throne so she could spend more time travelling and studying, and I feel like we would have gotten along.
pickAnother read for my Europe 2021 project, set in Latvia by a Latvian author. It spans roughly 1969-1989 and focuses on a mother and daughter as they navigate the changing political landscape. The daughter has never known Latvia as a country!
Got to hold an exact replica of a Viking sword. Can you see how red my hand is? That is how heavy it was. 😱🗡
The castle sold books about castles which was pretty cool. 🥰📚
pickI‘ve finished the 2nd Wallander book. It‘s not Mankell‘s best book but still a ‘pick‘ I liked that it was mainly set in Latvia. Made a nice change.
