Ülesõidukohad

by Jaan Kross

Sisaldab novelle "Rist" ja "Väike Vipper".

48 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1981

About the author

Jaan Kross (1920 – 2007) was an Estonian writer. He has been tipped for the Nobel Prize for Literature on several occasions for his novels, but did in fact start his literary career as a poet and translator of poetry. On his return from the labour camps and internal exile in Russia, where he spent the years 1946-1954 as a political prisoner, Kross renewed Estonian poetry, giving it new directions.

Kross began writing prose in the latter half of the 1960s, first with a film scenario "A Livonian Chronicle" (Liivimaa kroonika) which dealt with the life of the author Balthasar Russow (1536-1600) and which also became the subject of his first masterpiece "Between Three Plagues" (Kolme katku vahel, 1970), a suit of four novels. From that time onwards Kross moved by stage nearer to our present time in history, describing figures from Estonian history, first in short stories and novellæ, later in novels, also in writings where he has drawn upon his own experiences. The heroes of his novels tend to be of Estonian or Baltic German origin and cultured people, though on the margins of society and are usually faced with a moral dilemma of some sort.

Reviews

[Andres "Ande" Jakovlev · Rating 4 out of 5]

Juhtusin mõni aeg tagasi nägema Pakendikeskuse reklaami (need on üldse jube vahvad, soovitan!), kus rahabossi kehastav Argo Aadli ütles, et "ma pole pidanud elus krossigi lugema!" ning haaras taskust mingi Krossi teose.

Nii et kui riiulist midagi suvaliselt haarates jäi silma Jaan Krossi õhuke vihik, võtsin selle pikamalt mõtlemata ette.

Jah, Kross kirjutab mõnusalt ja hästi, lood on kergelt jälgitavad ning parajalt sügava sisu / alltekstiga. Aga... Aga midagi jäi kaante vahel olevas kahes loos minu jaoks ikkagi puudu.

Esimene novell "Rist" räägib vanaisast, kes on võtnud kinnisideeks vedada raudrist oma värskelt soetatud hauaplatsile. Kuna kärumeest ei õnnestu saada ja ka rongi ei lubata, ei jäägi muud üle, kui raske rist seljal see tee ette võtta. Sekka ka meenutusi varasemast.

Teine novell "Väike Vipper" räägib gümnaasiumiõpilasest, kes on võtnud kinnisideeks lõpetada kool cum laude. Ükskõik, kuidas ta aga ka ei pingutaks, kiuslik prantsuse keele õpetaja ei taha tal kuidagi lasta eesmärgile jõuda...

[Robert Varik · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mitte nii head lühijutud kui "Kajalood", aga ka keskpärane Kross on suurepärane. Eriti "Väikese Vipperi" lugu.

[Katariina]

Tegelikult lugesin vaid ühe novelli, aga seda pisiasja ei pea keegi teadma