The Man Who Spoke Snakish
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Book Overview
A bestseller in the author's native country of Estonia, where the book is so well known that a popular board game has been created based on it, The Man Who Spoke Snakish is the imaginative and moving story of a boy who is tasked with preserving ancient traditions in the face of modernity. Set in a fantastical version of medieval Estonia, The Man Who Spoke Snakish follows a young boy, Leemet, who lives with his hunter-gatherer...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0802124127
ISBN13:9780802124128
Release Date:November 2015
Publisher:Grove Press, Black Cat
Length:400 Pages
Weight:1.19 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 5.4" x 8.0"
Customer Reviews
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Think Tolkien ft. Barbara Kingsolver
Published by RibaReads , 3 years ago
Every page of this thrilling "folktale" is moving, and incredibly well-written. I felt like I knew the characters intimately by the end, at which point I had learned their lessons and really seen how they dealt with the themes of isolation, the unstoppable onslaught of time, friendship, and loss. Years later, I can still quote swaths of this book, still recall in detail the entire plot, and still buy it for everyone in my life over 16 who wants to read.
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