Kristofer on äsja omaette elama kolinud ning tunneb puudust õest Irisest, kellelt on harjunud tuge otsima ja leidma. Diana on taskuvaras. Neil mõlemal on rääkida oma lugu, ühtaegu väga erinev ja samas sarnane. „Portselanist nael“ on raamat emotsionaalsest sõltuvusest ja lähedaste allutamisest ning erinevatest eluhoiakutest, sealhulgas provintsisnobismist ja tõusiklusest, mis hävitavad inimsuhteid. Kahe peategelase loo kaudu avanevad ebakindluse ja süütunde tagamaad. Otseselt kedagi hukka mõistmata juhatatakse nad läbi sisemise segaduse selguse ja meelerahu poole. Kireva tegelastegalerii ja mõtteainet pakkuva sündmustiku taustal jääb läbiva toonina kõlama igatsus lihtsa inimlikkuse järele.
Author
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.
