The Man Who Spoke Snakish

Andrus Kivirähk

Open Road + Grove/Atlantic

A bestseller in the author's native country of Estonia, where the book is so well known that a popular board game has been created based on it, The Man Who Spoke Snakish is the imaginative and moving story of a boy who is tasked with preserving ancient traditions in the face of modernity. Set in a fantastical version of medieval Estonia, The Man Who Spoke Snakish follows a young boy, Leemet, who lives with his hunter-gatherer family in the forest and is the last speaker of the ancient tongue of snakish, a language that allows its speakers to command all animals. But the forest is gradually emptying as more and more people leave to settle in villages, where they break their backs tilling the land to grow wheat for their "bread" (which Leemet has been told tastes horrible) and where they pray to a god very different from the spirits worshipped in the forest's sacred grove. With lothario bears who wordlessly seduce women, a giant louse with a penchant for swimming, a legendary flying frog, and a young charismatic viper named Ints, The Man Who Spoke Snakish is a totally inventive novel for listeners of David Mitchell, Sjón, and Terry Pratchett.

Man Who Spoke Snakish, The

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio

<p>One summer, when both his parents are called away for work, Oskar is sent to the countryside to live with his grandmother. Not being particularly close to his grandma, he is immediately lonely and unhappy – a state which becomes much worse when he realises that he's left his mobile phone at home. Desperate for an escape from his phone-less existence, Oskar crafts a phone out of a block of wood and uses it to pretend to call things. Surprisingly, the things reply! From a bored iron, a rhyming trashcan, or a red balloon that gets tangled in the crown of a birch tree and ultimately becomes Oskar’s best friend. Soon, everything around him comes to life.</p>

Oskar and the Things

Children's Books

translated by Adam Cullen

and illustrated by Anne Pikkov

The Emma Press

Der Schiet und das Frühjahr

willegoos

Listopadowe porzeczki

Wydawnictwo Literackie

Czlowiek, ktory znal mowe wezy

Marpress

Oskar ja asjad

Film Distribution OÜ

Jumala lood

Eesti Päevaleht

Kevadine Luts

Sinine Sarvedega Loom

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