Jänki seiklused Hiiumaal

by Douglas Wells, Harda Roosna (Translator)

Douglas Wells on andekas humorist ja hea jutustaja, kelle tagasihoidlik ja enesegi üle muigav huumor läbib neid täpseid, kuid mitte tigedaid lugusid.

Genres: Nonfiction

208 pages, Paperback

First published May 15, 2001

Reviews

[Geku · Rating 4 out of 5]

Warm, sweet and absolutely hilarious. It's difficult to say whether or not it's simply because I'm Estonian and thus I find it "sooo cute" seeing foreigners struggle with something completely normal to me, but either way this is one of my favorite books ever.

[Henri Reeder]

Suurepärane raamat sellest, mis saab, kui kolid Hiiumaale :) Soovituslik lugemine kõigile Hiiumaa sõpradele, kohustuslik neile, kes siia on kolinud või plaanivad seda teha. Palju kergem hakkab ja saab kõvasti nalja! Miskit pole muutunud :)

[Karl Johannes · Rating 5 out of 5]

kui kellelgi on mõttes välismaalt eestisse kolida siis on see kindlasti raamat, mida tasuks enne läbi lugeda.
välismaalase vaatevinkel tõi välja palju aspekte eestlaste, ja kitsamalt hiidlaste, eluviisides, millest niisama ei saagi aru.

meeldis väga.

[Triinu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Minu arvamuse leiab blogist https://triinuraamatud.wordpress.com/...

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I recently made an Estonian friend who happens to live on Hiiumaa Island and she recommended this book as dated but hilarious. I did enjoy reading it-- a fast, fun read-- and now I feel I can start to imagine where she lives. I have many follow-up questions about how life has changed today compared with these observations from the '90s.

A couple minor complaints about the book: Wells wrote things like the Hiiumaa culture being different from mainland Estonia but then didn't explain, and talks a lot about his wife's physical beauty yet not her sparkling personality.

[Kami · Rating 5 out of 5]

Actually I would give it more than 5 stars if I could — hilarious, heartwarming and super cute.

[Toomas Nipernaadi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Muhe lugemine. Tuletas ka meelde mõningaid 1990. aastate igapäevaelu detaile, mis juba unuma kipuvad

[Maris Pukk · Rating 5 out of 5]

Väga haarav raamat! Soovitan kindlasti neile, kes kuidagi Hiiumaaga seotud ja ka neile, kes tahaksid mõista paremini hiidlaste olemust.

[Reelika Raimet · Rating 5 out of 5]

https://raamaturiiulike.wordpress.com...

[jac · Rating 3 out of 5]

A simple predictable collection of recollections of an American living in estonia in the early years of the second independence. Not great literature, certainly, but perhaps worth skimming if you are an American and you are going to be living in Estonia... or, actually, maybe not. It is all a bit dated now. Everything has changed so quickly in post-soviet Estonia.

[Urmo Lehtma · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall I liked the book, although at some point half-way through my interest was fading, but then the next chapter got me hooked again :)
Would definitely recommend this book to an estonian, not so sure otherwise.

[Rhona · Rating 3 out of 5]

read this book while I was serving in the US Peace Corps. It was OK.

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good