#Kivirähk

[pohja-konn]

Mina magan nüüd

Äratage mind üles kui asi huvitavaks kisub

Selleks on vaja ainult sada tuhat meest kes räägiks ussisõnu nii et probleeme ei tohiks tekkida

[pagan-stitches]

Just things reminding me of other things.

[surnumanaja]

mu annete hulka kuuluvad wilhlemi karje ja rahva oma kaitse kõlli sekundi pealt ära tundmine. kõik muu? töö ja vaev

[jackiehadel1]

TALLINN, ESTONIA 🇪🇪 STREET ART: DREAM OF LEEMET by GERDA MÄRTENS

Inspired by the Estonian book “Mees kes teadis ussisōnu” a.k.a. “The Man Who Spoke Snakish” by Andrus Kivirähk. The protagonist is Leemet, an Estonian who is part of a diminishing group of forest-dwellers, upholding ancient traditions and speaking the ancient “snake-tongue” which lets them control animals and speak with snakes. 📍: Astangu 64 20may23

[laetistardust]

Voici l'histoire du dernier des hommes qui parlait la langue des serpents, de sa sœur qui tomba amoureuse d’un ours, de sa mère qui rôtissait compulsivement des élans, de son grand-père qui guerroyait sans jambes, d’une paysanne qui rêvait d’un loup-garou, d’un vieil homme qui chassait les vents, d’une salamandre qui volait dans les airs, d’australopithèques qui élevaient des poux géants, d’un poisson titanesque las de ce monde et de chevaliers teutons épouvantés par tout ce qui précède... Peuplé de personnages étonnants, empreint de réalisme magique et d’un souffle inspiré des sagas scandinaves, un roman à l’humour et à l’imagination délirants. (Booknode)

Folklore, contes et croyances s'entremêlent et, parfois, s'entrechoquent dans ce roman hors du commun. Dans cette Estonie réinventée, Leemet notre protagoniste, se trouve à la frontière entre tradition et modernité. Les hommes quittent un à un la forêt, se convertissent au christianisme et oublient la langue des serpents. Entre ceux qui se cramponnent à des coutumes insensées et ceux qui se précipitent aveuglément dans un nouveau mode de vie, Leemet peine à trouver sa place.

Je découvrais ici l'imaginaire de Kivirähk. Je l'avoue, je craignais un peu d'y trouver un monde qui me serait inaccessible, moi qui en sais bien peu sur le folklore scandinave. Au final, je m'inquiétais pour rien. L'auteur nous invite avec plaisir dans son univers merveilleux, accessible à tous et terriblement captivant. Il s'interroge sur le progrès et les valeurs ancestrales sans prendre parti. Au contraire, il démontre les bons et mauvais côtés de chacun, laissant à son protagoniste - et à ses lecteurs - le soin de faire le tri.

J'ai adoré découvrir ce monde fantastique et ces personnages hauts en couleurs. C'était le premier Kivirähk que je lisais, mais certainement pas le dernier.

Note finale : 5/5

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[lerefugedeluza]

Saluuuuuut 🍁 🎃

Comme au printemps dernier, j' ai concocté un petit bingo spécial "lire sa PAL" alors je le partage ici aussi si jamais vous avez envie de lire les livres qui sont déjà dans votre bibliothèque !

Évidemment vous pouvez faire uniquement les cases qui vous inspirent ! Et pour ma petite sélection personnelle, voici la liste :

Un livre commencé mais jamais fini : Les Frères Karamazov de Fiodor Dostoïevski

Un livre qu'on nous a prêté : Bunny de Mona Awad

Un livre de la littérature Africaine : Americanah de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Un pavé (qui nous fait peur) : L'homme qui savait la langue des serpents d'Andrus Kivirähk

Un livre dont le titre évoque l'automne : Le parfum des poires anciennes d'Ewald Arenz

Un livre d'un/e auteur/e qu'on a déjà lu : La reine Margot d'Alexandre Dumas

Un livre dans notre PAL depuis (trop) longtemps : Du côté de chez Swann de Marcel Proust

Un recueil de poésie/une pièce de théâtre : Je suis un volcan criblé de météores d'Etel Adnan

Un livre d'une vieille édition : L'Orme du mail d'Anatole France

Beaucoup d'énormes pavés mais on va dire que ça va le faire quand même...

Bonnes lectures ♡

[reanimaator]

November Daily – each day of the month of november you get an e-mail update from that 19th century Estonian village and right after that cease and desist notice from Kivirähk's attorney

[mateopgiraldo]

“Unos creen en los espíritus del bosque y van a la floresta sagrada… Otros creen en Jesús y van a la iglesia… —dijo—. Es una mera cuestión de modas. Ningún dios lleva a ninguna parte… Es más, yo diría que se parecen a los broches o a las puntillas de encaje: solo sirven para adornar a la gente… Para colgárselos del cuello o incluso para jugar con ellos.”

El hombre que hablaba serpiente / Kivirähk, A. (2007)

[swampespresso]

Last week from work at the museum. The building & its decor is from the Interwar Period (between 1918 – 1939). I have so much to read on the museum’s history, education programmes I have to start leading from next week. But even with so much to learn and read, I can’t resist opening a book from my TBR pile. I even bought two new books from the museum’s gift shop: one by a Finnish historian (Suomen historia by Henrik Meinander), and another by an Estonian author (Mees, kes teadis ussisõnu by Andrus Kivirähk)

[lizard-reads-the-world]

🎊 2-Year Anniversary! 🪅

I started the World Challenge around April 2022, so here's my little 2-year celebratory post with a bunch of stats that no one cares about!!

The stats:

Books read: 70

Countries completed: 66

Total pages read: 23,918

Average rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 3.9 stars

Average publication year: 2015

Average page count per book: 341

Native authors: 74%

Queer books: 24%

YA or MG genre: 68%

As you can see from the number above, it can be hard to find queer books for certain countries. I have also somehow managed to generally pick books that I like, as the ratings show!

Top Genres:

Sources:

Total spent: $41.39

Most of the spent is 2 months of Scribd, and some Kindle sale books. The "Other" is, ahem, when there were no affordable options, and thankfully that was low! Otherwise I managed well with libraries and free trials! (all digital)

Time Periods:

I've also spent the majority of time in the modern world.

Keep reading for the full list of books I've read so far:

🇦🇫 Afghanistan - One Half from the East, Nadia Hashimi

🇦🇷 Argentina - Furia, Yamile Saied Méndez

🇦🇺 Australia - Ghost Bird, Lisa Fuller

🇦🇿 Azerbaijan - The Orphan Sky, Ella Leya

🇧🇸 Bahamas - Facing the Sun, Janice Lynn Mathers

🇧🇴 Bolivia - Woven in Moonlight, Isabel Ibañez

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina - The Cat I Never Named, Amra Sabic-El-Rayess

🇧🇼 Botswana - Entwined, Cheryl S. Ntumy

🇧🇬 Bulgaria - Wunderkind, Nikolai Grozni

🇨🇦 Canada - This House is Not a Home, Katłıà

🇨🇫 Central African Republic - Beasts of Prey, Ayana Gray*

🇹🇩 Chad - Told by Starlight in Chad, Joseph Brahim Seid

🇨🇳 China - Daughter of the Moon Goddess, Sue Lynn Tan

🇨🇺 Cuba - A Tall Dark Trouble - Vanessa Montalban

🇨🇿 Czech Republic - Torch, Lyn Miller-Lachmann

🇩🇰 Denmark - The Shamer's Daughter, Lene Kaaberbøl

🇪🇪 Estonia - The Man Who Spoke Snakish, Andrus Kivirähk

🇫🇯 Fiji - The Wild Ones, Nafiza Azad

🇫🇷 France - Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow, Faïza Guène

🇬🇪 Georgia - Giorgland Fables, Tamuna Tsertsvadze

🇬🇷 Greece - Threads That Bind, Kika Hatzopoulou

🇬🇱 Greenland - Last Night in Nuuk, Niviaq Korneliussen

🇬🇩 Grenada - Sugar Money, Jane Harris

🇮🇳 India - Lioness of Punjab, Anita Jari Kharbanda

🇮🇩 Indonesia - The Songbird and the Ramubutan Tree - Lucille Abendanon

🇮🇷 Iran - Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi

🇮🇶 Iraq - Yazidi!, Aurélien Ducoudray & Mini Ludvin

🇮🇪 Ireland - All Our Hidden Gifts, Caroline O'Donoghue

🇯🇵 Japan - Lonely Castle in the Mirror, Mizuki Tsujimura

🇯🇴 Jordan - West of the Jordan, Laila Halaby

🇱🇹 Lithuania - Between Shades of Gray, Ruta Sepatys

🇱🇺 Luxembourg - The Elf of Luxembourg, Tom Weston

🇲🇾 Malaysia - The Weight of Our Sky, Hanna Alkaf

🇲🇹 Malta - The Maltese Dreamer, Catherine Veritas

🇲🇽 Mexico - Secret of the Moon Conch, David Bowles; Guadalupe García McCall

🇲🇦 Morocco - Thorn, Intisar Khanani*

🇳🇵 Nepal - What Elephants Know - Eric Dinerstein

🇳🇱 Netherlands - On the Edge of Gone, Corrine Duyvis

🇳🇬 Nigeria - An Ordinary Wonder, Buki Papillon

🇲🇰 North Macedonia - A Spare Life, Lidija Dimkovska

🇵🇸 Palestine - Travellers Along the Way, Aminah Mae Safi

🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea - Tales from Faif, Baka Barakove Bina; Emily Sekepe Bina

🇵🇱 Poland - When the Angels Left the Old Country, Sacha Lamb

🇵🇹 Portugal - Mariana, Katherine Vaz

🇵🇷 Puerto Rico - The Wicked Bargain, Gabe Cole Novoa

🇷🇴 Romania - And I Darken, Kiersten White

🇷🇺 Russia - Night Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko

🇷🇼 Rwanda - Our Lady of the Nile, Scholastique Mukasonga

🇱🇨 St. Lucia - 'Til I Find You, Greta Bondieumaitre

🇼🇸 Samoa - Telesā: The Covenant Keeper, Lani Wendt Young

🇸🇲 San Marino - The Gladiator, Harry Turtledove

🇸🇹 São Tomé & Príncipe - The Exiles of Crocodile Island, Henye Meyer

🇬🇧 Scotland - The Library of the Dead, T.L. Huchu

🇸🇳 Senegal - No Heaven for Good Boys, Keisha Bush

🇸🇬 Singapore - Sofia and the Utopia Machine, Judith Huang

🇸🇰 Slovakia - Impossible Escape, Steve Sheinkin

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka - I Am Kavi, Thushanthi Ponweera

🇸🇩 Sudan - Home is Not a Country, Safia Elhillo

🇸🇪 Sweden - The Circle, Sara Elfgren; Mats Strandberg

🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago - When the Vibe is Right, Sarah Dass

🇹🇳 Tunisia - Other Names, Other Places, Ola Mustapha

🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates - Alif the Unseen, G. Willow Wilson*

🇺🇸 United States - Elatsoe, Darcie Little Badger

🇻🇪 Venezuela - The Sun and the Void, Gabriela Romero Lacruz

🇾🇪 Yemen - When a Bulbul Sings, Hawaa Ayoub

🇿🇼 Zimbabwe - All That It Ever Meant, Blessing Musariri

*inspired fantasy world

[setokaubamajapakkumised]

Lasteraamatud seto keeles

Lasteraamatud on need, mis panevad aluse meie järglaste kirjaoskusele ja keelekasutusele. Seetõttu on eriti oluline, et lastel oleks kättesaadavad raamatud oma emakeeles. Kahjuks on seto laste olukord selles osas vähe rõõmustav. Häid setokeelseid lasteraamatuid on vähe.

Arendavad raamatud lastele

Raamatud on jätkuvalt üheks oluliseks lugemis- ja kirjaoskuse allikaks lastele, kuigi raamatute roll on taandumas elektroonilise kirjaoskuse ees. Lisaks kirja- ja lugemisoskuse allikale on lasteraamatute roll: - aidata kujundada motoorikat; - arendada tähelepanuvõimet; - panna lapsi mõtlema; - arendada laste kõnet; - treenida mälu. Klassikaliselt on laste jaoks, üheks esimeseks, kõige tähtsamaks raamatuks olnud Aabits. Seto lastel on täiesti võimalik oma emakeelt õppida seto Aabitsa abil. Kahjuks pole seda kõigil seto lastel ja sellel on raske konkureerida eestikeelse Aabitsaga, mis on esimese klassi laste jaoks riiklike õppekavadega ettenähtud õpik. Seto Aabitsa saate hankida oma lastele Seto Kaubamajast. Osta kohe

Populaarsed ja tuntud lasteraamatud

"Kõik suured on kunagi lapsed olnud. Aga mäletavad seda neist vaid vähesed." Jah, see on tsitaat Väikesest Printsist. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry "Väike prints" on üks loetumaid 20. sajandi raamatuid. Oma suure elutarkuse, sügavuse ja mitmekihilisusega võiks seda pidada rohkem täiskasvanute kirjanduseks. Siiski on see üks tuntumaid ja populaarsemaid lasteraamatuid. Õnneks on seto lastel seda võimalik lugeda oma emakeeles ja see kõlab seto keeles väga kaunilt. Võid selles veenduda kui soetad endale Tsillokõsõ Printsi audioraamatu. Osta kohe 2021 jaanuaris ilmus kirjastuselt Seto Kiri teine väga oluline setokeelne lasteraamat: Karupoeg Puhh ehk siis seto keeles Kahropoig Puhh. Raamat on oluliseks täienduseks setokeelsele kirjavarale. Osta kohe 2021.aasta oktoobris ilmus kirjastuselt Avita koostöös kirjastusega Seto Kiri Silvi Väljal menukas lasteraamat Jussikese seitse sõpra (Jussikõsõ säitse sõpra) seto keeles. Kindlasti on see raamat hea setokeelne lugemisvara näiteks Värska lasteaia setokeelsele rühmale. Osta kohe

Eesti lasteraamatud või seto lasteraamatud?

Raamatuid, mida tunneme eesti lasteraamatutena on meie raamatupoodides, raamatukogudes ja kodukogudes ikka päris suurtes kogustes. Setokeelseid lasteraamatuid annab kahjuks otsida pirrutulega. Setomaal oli veel hiljuti peaaegu totaalne kirjaoskamatus ja seda oma emakeele kontekstis. Seto keel kirjakeelena polnud lihtsalt välja kujunenud ning puudus setokeelne kirjaoskus ja ka setokeelne kirjandus. Kirjanduse aset täitis muinasjutu vestmine, jutuste jutustamine ja rahvaluule laiemas tähenduses. Suulist pärimust toetas perede koosseis, kuhu tavaliselt kuulus ikka kolm põlvkonda. Vanavanemate roll oli olla peres "lasteraamatuks" ehk lugude jutustajana kanda edasi suulist pärimust. Tänaseks on kõik muutunud ja selliseid setokeelse vanaema jutuõhtuid on jäänud väga-väga väheseks. Õnneks on kogutud Setomaalt väga palju pärimust ja talletatud meie erinevatesse arhiividesse. Seto keele säilimise huvides tuleks kogu see rikkus tuua tänapäevases vormis seto lastele. Eesti lasteraamatud ei asenda seto lasteraamatuid - seto lasteraamatud ootavad veel oma produtsente.

Lasteraamatute top

Tartu Linnaraamatukogu 2019.aasta enimlaenutatud 15 raamatut koos laenutuste arvuga olid: - 498 Kalevipoeg / lastele ümber jutustanud ENO RAUD - 400 Sööbik ja pisik / THORBJÖRN EGNER - 395 Tobias ja teine B / PIRET RAUD - 381 Meisterdetektiiv Blomkvist / ASTRID LINDGREN - 374 Harry Potter ja tarkade kivi.  / J. K. ROWLING - 361 Vahetuslaps / CHRISTINE NÖSTLINGER - 357 Kunksmoor / AINO PERVIK - 354 Sipsik / ENO RAUD - 339 Pal-tänava poisid / FERENC MOLNaR - 321 Timm Thaler, ehk, müüdud naer : romaan peamiselt noorele lugejale / JAMES KRÜSS - 312 Kuidas elad, Ann? / AIDI VALLIK - 294 Väike prints / ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY - 291 Arabella, mereröövli tütar / AINO PERVIK - 282 Veel üks Lotte / ERICH KÄSTNER - 280 Kaka ja kevad / ANDRUS KIVIRÄHK Nendest raamatutest on seto keeles kättesaadav ainult Tsillokõnõ Prints. Päris tinglikult võib öelda, et seto laste jaoks on kättesaadav ka oma rahvuseepos ja seda omas emakeeles. Selleks on seto rahvuseepos PEKO. Eepose lihtsam ümberjutustus on leitav Seto Kirävara sarja raamatuna. Osta kohe

Uued lasteraamatud

Jussikõsõ säitse sõpra, Silvi Väljal populaarne lasteraamat on nüüd ilmunud seto keeles. Esmakordselt 1966 aastal ilmavalgust näinud lasteraamat on nüüd suurepärases Piret Tillo tõlkes saadaval seto keeles. Autori enda illustratsioonidega raamat räägib väikesest Jussikesest, kellele üle kõige meeldib pühapäev. Pühapäeva otsides kohtub poiss aga teiste nädalapäevadega, kellelt kõigilt on midagi huvitavat õppida. Raamatut võivad lugeda kõik, kellel trükitähed juba selged. Raamat on I klassi soovitusliku kirjanduse nimekirjas. Autor ja illustratsioonid: Silvi Väljal Tõlge seto keelde: Piret Tillo Väljaandja: Kirjastus Avita koostöös kirjastusega Seto Kiri, 2021 Köide: vihikköide Read the full article

[kaus-quietis]

The circus videoclub - November, by Rainer Sarnet

There are movies that haunt you, years after you watched them. These movies give off a particular feeling, one you cannot get out of your mind. Today in the circus videoclub, I want to share with you November, a masterpiece produced by estonian director Rainer Sarnet.

Hello there! I'm the circus resident poltergeist, Eliott, managing this blog until Lav comes back. Here in the circus videoclub I share with you my most recent discoveries / films I wish everyone would watch one day!

Rainer Sarnet was born in Rakvere, Estonia, in 1969. He is an estonian director and writer who started his work in animation. His film, November, was released in 2017, and is based on Rehepapp ehk november (the currants of november), a novel by famous estonian writer Andrus Kivirähk.

I have a lot of passions in life, which include black and white movies, folklore, good movies, books, and beautiful sceneries. November might have been just the perfect work for me in all these regards. Released in 2017, the movie is based on a novel, Rehepapp ehk november by Andrus Kivirähk (we will get to this author in another episode of the Circus Bookclub).

A quick note on Rehepapp ehk november, which happens to be one of my favourite novel: I cannot recommend it enough, however it hasn't been translated into english yet, from what I am aware of. You can read it in many other languages though, including finnish, latvian, russian, hungarian, french, etc. It is a great novel and has inspired a lot of artistic creations in Estonia (including this movie and a beautiful graphic novel).

In November, we follow the life of a nameless, fictional estonian village in the 19th century. The action takes place during the month of November, when winter is already there and life becomes harsher. In this village, however, things are not as ordinary as one could think. The villagers seek the help of treasure-bearers (kratts) to steal from each other and accomplish tasks, make deals with the devil at crossroads to buy a soul for their kratt in exchange of their own (fooling him, each time), trick the Plague and some turn into werewolves and ask the advice of witches. It is a strange and fascinating ballet of folktale, mythological themes, somber atmosphere and strange, beautifully written interactions between the villagers and the strange creatures/habits/phenomenas they live with, without questioning them. These strange things are part of the life of the villagers, and their acceptance of them gives to this movie a beautiful and particular ethereal feeling.

I simply love when such weird, strange situations are not perceived as weird and strange by the people living them. In November, these are just part of the story, without taking too much space or being put into question. As we see a kratt stealing, it is simply that: a kratt stealing, not a mystery to be solved. This is I think part of what makes Rainer Sarnet's movie so powerful, this perfect balance between the strange and the mundane.

November is a beautiful movie, with great images and well-written dialogues. It is strange and ethereal, but this strangeness is masterfully crafted, and does not put us outside of the action. From the first shot, the movie creates an atmosphere, a space from which it is impossible to free ourselves from: we have to wait for the credits. November is described as a fantasy horror drama film, and this mix of genres creates an original, unique and inspiring work. There is no movie like this one. As Hideo Kojima said on his twitter account: November is the movie for me.

I cannot encourage you enough to watch it. Not only is it a unique masterpiece, it is perfectly crafted from every angle, be it the scenario, the acting, the photography, the dialogues, the rythm, everything. Everything feels perfectly thought about, controled, and therefore flows perfectly in this strange yet fascinating film that unfolds. The main story itself -although there are many, many stories in this film, is quite simple, and it is a good thing. It allows the universe to unfold and takes all the space it needs and the atmosphere to settle.

This is it for November! I discovered this film a few years ago and it has been one of my biggest cinematic shocks so far. As time goes, I see this film gaining more and more recognition, and this makes me extremely happy. I hope you will enjoy it as well!

[languageroom]

"Sirli, Siim ja saladused" vocabulary

It was kooslugemispäev again last week, this year reading an excerpt from Andrus Kivirähk's kids' story "Sirli, Siim ja saladused" (available in many languages at the link!). Here are some words that were new to me or I needed a refresher on.

roosa siga sörkis lähemale - to jog, to scurry (sörkima) - "the pink pig scurried closer"

häda ja viletsus on meie juurde jõudnud - misery - "trouble and misery has reached us"

nii et pole otsa ega äärt - edge - "so that there isn't an end or an edge"

oma tempe teha - tricks, shenanigans (temp) - "to do her own tricks"

hädaldas - to lament (hädaldama)

suur kari loomi - herd - "a big herd of animals"

eesel - donkey

venitasid oma võõraid kasukaid - stretched, strained (venitama) - "they strained at their own strange furs/skins"

ringi uitama - wander in a circle

Pistan ta õige pintslisse! - brush (pintsel) - "I poked him right in the brush" (?!) honestly, not sure - this is in reference to a donkey

looberdas - to loiter (looberdama)

nõiduskütkeis - under witch's spells? (kütke?)

Vaesed loomad kisasid ja kräunusid hirmsas hädas, aga nõid ei halastanud kellelegi - to bray (kisama), to yowl (kräunuma), to take pity on (halastama) - "The poor animals brayed and yowled in dire straits, but the witch didn't take pity on anyone"

ülbelt - arrogantly

lõi takka üles ja hirnus - from behind (takka=tagant but üles takka looma=to buck, as a horse), to neigh (hirnuma)

ilmsüütu - completely innocent

nii et maa mürtsus - to rumble (mürtsuma) but more of a sense of bang - "so that the earth shook"

Siim kortsutas kulmu - to scowl (kortsutama) - "Siim furrowed his brow"

igasugusteks asjadeks moondama - to disguise - "to disguise as any kind of things"

siin vist juhtus väike viperus - glitch, quirk - "here there only happened a small glitch"

lagendik - clearing, plain

mitte valge villaga talleke - lamb - "not a lamb with white wool"

säärane - such (=selline)

Kas tolmurulliks või kuusekäbiks - dust bunny (tolmurull) - "Whether as a dust bunny or a fir-tree cone"

sülitas põlglikult - to spit (sülitama), disdainfully or contemptuously (põlglikult)

Nõid läks ahmi täis - wolverine... or glutton? (ahm) - "The witch became a complete glutton" (?)

ähkis ja puhkis - huff and puff (ähkima ja puhkima)

kuss olla - to be quiet

kaelkirjak - giraffe

[nebuleuse-amenatsu]

Oh no, must be the season of the witch ...!

Mais aussi la saison du Pumpkin Autumn Challenge 2024 !

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Mes ambitions de lecture / visionnage :

Automne Crépusculaire :

A lire au Crépuscule, de Charles Dickens

Faust, de Goethe

Revue Estrange n°1, de François Theurel

L'Homme qui savait la langue des Serpents, de Andrus Kivirähk

Automne Douceur de Vivre :

L'enfant, la taupe, le renard et le cheval, de Charlie Mackesy

The Midnight Order, de Mathieu Bablet et collectif Label 619

Le Voyage de Shuna, de Hayao Miyazaki

Rebecca, Daphné Du Maurier

Automne Frissonnant :

Beetlejuice, de Tim Burton

La Maison hantée, de Shirley Jackson

L'âge d'Or volume 2, de Cyril Pedrosa et Roxanne Moreil

Carrie, de Stephen King

[toreadornot]

What I read in June

The Man Who Spoke Snakish by Andrus Kivirähk, 4.5⭐

Originally written in Estonian and definitely has a darker mood

About the last man in the forests who still speaks the ancient tongue of animals (snakish) while the world is progressing to the medieval era around him

The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman, 4⭐

Such a fun book about 'old spinsters' who refuse to simply fade into the background of society as their brother wishes and instead turn their wits towards discretely solving cases of attempted murder and kidnapping

Looking forward to the next book 👀

Spellbook of the Lost and Found by Moïra Fowley-Doyle, 4⭐

Felt like a modern fairy tale set in Ireland and I enjoyed the characters - even if it felt like there were way too many characters to keep track of at first (5 all with plant names), a little page flipping to see who was who again never hurt anyone

Poems to See By: A Comic Artist Interprets Great Poetry illustrated by Julian Peters, 4⭐

Always fun to see how other people interpret poetry - and there were several different mediums/styles which was cool

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo, 5⭐

Loved the dynamics of the crew - especially Kaz and Inej's interactions/thoughts about each other.

[zhnnveuxpasdrmir]

November

b&w 2017 Directed by Rainer Sarnet based on Rehepapp ehk November by Andrus Kivirähk

"In a poor Estonian village, a group of peasants use magic and folk remedies to survive the winter, and a young woman tries to get a young man to love her."

Amazing good! holy shit! I sometimes wait a while on titles that aren't in English because I actually do have to watch (usually I'm multitasking). Really glad I let this one sneak in. The way in which the fantastically sorcerous is mundane and trivial due to familiarity, the impossible is boringly regular, and the miraculous solves jack shit, is brilliant.

the performances are so good you'll forget that the practical effects are genius. several times in this movie you'll forget you're looking at a puppet made of fucking, farm tools and a nasty old bone.

It has that scary guy from The Human Centipede in it, as "the baron". He was Mantrid from LEXX, if you're oldish.

incredible genius of a movie. what in the living fuck is going on in Estonia.