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Author: Rein Raud ,
Adam Cullen
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Imprint: Dalkey Archive Press
Dimensions:
Width: 13.70cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.363kg
ISBN: 9780916583804
ISBN 10: 0916583805
Pages: 265
Publication Date: 08 June 2017
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General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
A subtle, heart-rending Estonian novel about a father in the last few months of his life trying to reconstruct the circumstances of his daughter's suicide...the father and the narrator of this story, which has been translated from the Estonian in straightforward, engaging prose...seeks out other members of the commune as well as people who interacted with Anni before she went there...and no single perspective suffices to explain her life and death. We get different facets of her personality... Raud (The Brother, 2016, etc.) treats his narrator and all of his interviewees with respect and allows them to tell their versions of Anni's story. It turns out there are no easy--and ultimately no satisfying--answers to explain Anni's transformation from a bright young schoolgirl to a member of what amounted to a religious cult. - Kirkus Review
A subtle, heart-rending Estonian novel about a father in the last few months of his life trying to reconstruct the circumstances of his daughter's suicide...the father and the narrator of this story, which has been translated from the Estonian in straightforward, engaging prose...seeks out other members of the commune as well as people who interacted with Anni before she went there...and no single perspective suffices to explain her life and death. We get different facets of her personality...- -Raud (The Brother, 2016, etc.) treats his narrator and all of his interviewees with respect and allows them to tell their versions of Anni's story. It turns out there are no easy--and ultimately no satisfying--answers to explain Anni's transformation from a bright young schoolgirl to a member of what amounted to a religious cult.- - Kirkus Review
Author Information
Rein Raud was born in Estonia in 1961. Since 1974, he has published numerous poetry collections, short stories, novels, and plays. For his works he has received both the Estonian Cultural Endowment Annual Prize and the Vilde Prize. Having earned his PhD in Literary Theory from the University of Helsinki in 1994, Raud is also a widely published scholar of cultural theory as well as the literature and philosophy of both modern and pre-modern Japan. Adam Cullen originates from Minneapolis. In 2007 he moved to Talinn, Estonia, where he currently resides. His translation of Tõnu Õnnepalu's Radio is also available from Dalkey Archive Press.
