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Kaotatud sõrmed
2020
First Published
4.18
Average Rating
176
Number of Pages
“Kaotatud sõrmed” koondab kolmteist ühtaegu traagilist ja koomilist lühijuttu, mis räägivad ebakindlusest ja hirmust olla teisejärguline, soovist sobituda ümbritsevaga. Sõna saavad värvikad ja läbinisti inimlikud tegelased isesuguste veidruste, murede ja unistustega: teiste seas leiab siit kirjandusõpetaja, kes armub hiiri kartvasse ooperilauljasse, mulla alt sõnumeid saatva kadunukese ning arhitekti, kelle kinnisideeks on Michelangelo Taaveti varvas. Kõik nad tegutsevad oma elu korraldades parima sisetunde ajel, ometi juhtuvad õnnestumised millegi olulise kaotamise arvelt. Hoolimata nukrast alatoonist jätab Raua terav absurdimeel ja irooniasegune mõistmine ruumi helgusele ning lootusele, et juba homme võib minna paremini.
Avg Rating
4.18
Number of Ratings
167
5 STARS
43%
4 STARS
37%
3 STARS
17%
2 STARS
2%
1 STARS
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Author

Piret Raud
Piret Raud
Author · 20 books

PIRET RAUD was born in 1971 in Tallinn, Estonia. She has studied printmaking at the Estonian Academy of Arts. Since graduating in 1995 she has been living and working in Tallinn as a graphic artist, book illustrator and author. She has illustrated over 50 books, written 21 books for children and 3 novels and 2 short story collection for adults. Her books have been translated into French, English, Japanese, Italian, Spanish, German, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovenian, Croatian, Albanian, Hungarian, Korean, Chinese and Occitan (Gascon, Languedocien and Limousin dialects). Piret Raud has received the Estonian Cultural Endowment’s Award on multiple occasions, most recently for her prose in 2023.

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