Mõrv hotellis. Phaethon, Päikese poeg

by Mati Unt

126 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1969

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

[kõuts]

yks veidramaid raamatuid, mis ma kunagi lugenud olen. lisaks sellele ka mu esimene mati undi teos. avastasin end vahepeal täiesti teises dimensioonis, kogu reaalsus tundus nii ebareaalne, raamat tundus nagu imelik unenägu. ma pole ikka veel kindel, mida ma päriselt lugesin ja mida nägin veidratest nägemustest, mis mul selle raamatu tõttu olid. see on täpselt selline raamat, mille kohta saan öelda, et see meeldis, aga ei meeldinud mulle.

[Liisa Pilt]

Minu peas on selline hotell😔

[Heino Viik]

Vägagi intellektuaalne ja eksistentsiaalne. Äng!

[stef]

Lõpuks leidsin oma Eesti lemmik autori!

[Hanneleele]

Lugesin "Phaetonit, Päikese poega".
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