Tere, kollane kass.

by Mati Unt

142 pages

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Mati Unt was an Estonian writer, essayist and theatre director.

Unt's first novel, written at the age of 18 after having finished high school, was Hüvasti, kollane kass (Goodbye, Yellow Cat). This made him famous all over Estonia. He studied literature and journalism at Tartu University in Tartu, Estonia.

After this precocious beginning‚ Unt arranged a wide call in the artistic and intellectual circles of Estonia as a writer of the fiction, plays, and criticism. His books The Moon Like the Outgoing Sun, The Debt (1964), On the Existence of life in space, and The Black Motorcyclist rocketed Unt to the top of the novelist world in Estonia. In addition, he served a purpose in bringing avantgarde theatre to post-Soviet Union Estonia. Unt was well known as a theatre director. In 1981, he became a director of the Youth Theatre in Tallinn.

In 1979, his novel Autumn Ball (adapted to a movie in 2007 by Veiko Õunpuu) brought him international recognition. Other books include 1990s Notebook of a Donor and the 2001 play Graal!. Films based on Unt's works Tühirand and Sügisball have been created after his death.

Mati Unt died in 2005. He is buried in the Metsakalmistu cemetery in Tallinn.

Reviews

[jonnu]

lootsin, et see aitab mul slumpist välja tulla

[andra]

Oli koolis kaheksanda klassi kohustuslik kirjandus. Pean tõdema, et ma ei saa aru, miks selliseid lugusid lastakse lugeda ajal, mil noored on kõige haavatavamad ja mõjutatavamad.

See raamat on seksistlik, mehi ülistav ning noori tüdrukuid oma väärtuses kahtlema panev. Mõistan, et lugu on kirjutatud 1963 aastal ja et sel ajal olid teised sotsiaalsed normid, aga see ei ole vabandus. Selliseid raamatuid ei peaks noored enam lugema, sest see süvendab misogüüniat. Lisaks jätkab see raamat meeste privileegide normaliseerimist ehk jätab mulje nagu nii peakski ühiskond toimima.

Ma loodan, et varsti toimub Eesti koolisüsteemis muudatus ja praeguse kohustusliku kirjanduse asendavad feministlikud, võrdsusele rõhku panevad ja POC autorite poolt kirjutatud raamatud. Tunnen, et õpilaste lugemisharjumusi on vaja rikastada ning vähem määrata neid lugema raamatuid, mis on kirjutatud cishet valgete meeste poolt, kes on teadlikult “teadmatuses” enda sõnade mõjust.

[Emma kask]

hüvasti kollane kass jättis eelmine aasta parema mulje. Aarne pärast ma kardan poisse.

[laura]

t2pselt selline mònus ja muhe n6ukaaegne filosofeerimine, mida sellest raamatust ootasin.