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Vargamäe vanad ja noored
«Valitsuses on kõrbehaisu tunda,» ütleb Rüütel ühel õhtul Tarmo Männile ja pilgutab oma adjutandile silma. «Päris kõrbehaisu kohe!»
«Meh?» ei saa Mänd esiti vanamehe jutust õiget sotti ja läheb ärevile. «Köögis kõrbeb? Ei kõrbe seal midagi!»
«Mitte köögis, valitsuses ikke!» seletab Rüütel ja naerab. «Südamed kõrbevad! Pärast seda kui see punapea... Signe-proua või mis ta'nd oligi... nojah, kui see ära läks, on meestel vesi ahjus...»
«Ah soo...» venitab Mänd ja lööb käega. «Armuvalu, ja-jah... Eks seda valu ole isegi tundnud. See läheb mööda.»
«Mööda, mööda!» on president nõus. «Miks ta's mööda ei lähe, aga esialgu on ikke valus küll.»
«Ah, Madis neid võtku!» arvab Mänd. «Vaata, mis kell juba, varsti üheksa! Aeg magama kobida. Tule, ma panen nüüd su turvatuppa luku taha, kui hommikul üles ärkad, siis kopi!»
«Meh?» ei saa Mänd esiti vanamehe jutust õiget sotti ja läheb ärevile. «Köögis kõrbeb? Ei kõrbe seal midagi!»
«Mitte köögis, valitsuses ikke!» seletab Rüütel ja naerab. «Südamed kõrbevad! Pärast seda kui see punapea... Signe-proua või mis ta'nd oligi... nojah, kui see ära läks, on meestel vesi ahjus...»
«Ah soo...» venitab Mänd ja lööb käega. «Armuvalu, ja-jah... Eks seda valu ole isegi tundnud. See läheb mööda.»
«Mööda, mööda!» on president nõus. «Miks ta's mööda ei lähe, aga esialgu on ikke valus küll.»
«Ah, Madis neid võtku!» arvab Mänd. «Vaata, mis kell juba, varsti üheksa! Aeg magama kobida. Tule, ma panen nüüd su turvatuppa luku taha, kui hommikul üles ärkad, siis kopi!»
104 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2009
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About the author
Andrus Kivirähk
88 books291 followersAndrus 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.
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.
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October 22, 2020
Mõnus nostalgia ja itsitada sai ka kõvasti 🤪
January 5, 2021
Lõbus lihtne lugemine, hea keelekasutus. Mulle meeldib!
September 4, 2015
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.
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.
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