Vargamäe vanad ja noored

Vargamäe vanad ja noored #1

by Andrus Kivirähk

Sari «Vargamäe vanad ja noored» kestis kolm aastat, kajastades operatiivses kõverpeeglis toona kõneainet pakkunud sündmusi. Esimene Vargamäe-lugu ilmus Eesti Päevalehes 7. septembril 2002 ja pajatas pealkirja «Kõrbenud südamete kabinet» all Signe Kivi lahkumisest kultuuriministri kohalt. 18. juulil 2005 ilmunud viimases följetonis läheb president ja viimne vana kommunist Rüütel päästma rahvast kulakute ja imperialistide käest. Siia vahele mahuvad mitmed valimised ja valitsuse vahetused, Eesti vastuvõtmine NATO-sse ja Euroopa Liitu jpm. Samuti tegeletakse selliste üldsust erutanud nähtustega nagu näiteks vanemapalk või viljavarude kadumine. Kajastamata ei jää ka Eurovisioon ja olümpiamängud, kõnelemata Vabaduse kellast ja -sambast, Lihula monumendist ja pronkssõdurist.

Genres: Politics, Satire

496 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Andrus Kivirähk is an Estonian journalist, playwright and novelist. His writing style can be called self-mocking and sarcastic with dark humour. His best known work "Rehepapp ehk November", a.k.a. "Rehepapp", has been translated to Finnish and Norwegian. "Mees, kes teadis ussisõnu", a bestseller in Estonia, so popular that a board-game was based on it, has been translated to English as "The Man Who Spoke Snakish". These books, as well as his other historical-themed works such as "Ivan Orava mälestused" and "Kalevipoeg" resonated strongly with contemporary Estonian society.

Kivirähk is also the author of the children's book "Leiutajateküla Lotte" and its sequels, and wrote the screenplay for the cartoon based on it.

Andrus Kivirähk works as a journalist, and is married with 3 children.

Reviews

[Gea · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mõnus nostalgia ja itsitada sai ka kõvasti 🤪

[Joosep · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lõbus lihtne lugemine, hea keelekasutus. Mulle meeldib!

[Jane · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this book as a part of my reading challenge for 2015 as a book with antonyms in the title.

This book is about the Estonian government in the beginning of the 21st century. The names featured in this book are not always familiar to me since I really was not interested in politics when I was 10 years old (not that I'm very interested now either...).

Luckily for me, this book is composed of short parody stories and therefore my attention can't really stray from these stories much since each story is only a couple of pages long.

All in all, I found myself enjoying these short stories/parodies more than I hoped for at first. But since I only expected a mediocre read, it wasn't very surprising that I even found myself giggling at some of these stories. For instance, the story of President Rüütel deciding which man will become the next Prime Minister. Thus: if you like to read, but don't have the time to read something long, then give these short stories a shot because each story really is only 3 to 4 pages long.