Description
In this contemporary retelling of Bram Stoker's Dracula, Estonian writer Mati Unt offers a playful yet unsettling mixture of fact and fiction, combining pieces of Estonian political history-in particular the figure of Lydia Koidula (1843-1886), widely regarded as the first Estonian woman to express an Estonian longing for independence-with portraits of life in contemporary Estonia, all set against a backdrop of vampirism and the Gothic novel.
About the Author
Mati Unt (1944-2005) was an Estonian writer who began his writing career at the age of nineteen, with a "naive novel" entitled Good-bye, Yellow Cat. From this early beginning, Unt established a broad reputation in the artistic and intellectual circles of Estonia as a writer of fiction, plays, and criticism. His novels The Debt, On the Existence of Life in Outer Space, Murder in a Hotel, The Autumn Ball, and Things in the Night, among others, established Unt as one of the most prolific and well-regarded novelists in Estonia. In addition to his own writing, he was instrumental in bringing avant-garde theater to post-Soviet Estonia, and was well known as a director. Ants Eert is the translator of several Estonian novels, and is the author of a fantasy-adventure novel. He is a retired engineer.
Reviews
a disturbing and comic tale of obsession, politics and the vagaries of literature.' -Sam Munson, New York Post
Book Information
ISBN 9781564784964
Author Mati Unt
Format Paperback
Page Count 212
Imprint Dalkey Archive Press
Publisher Dalkey Archive Press
Series Eastern European Literature
Weight(grams) 281g
About the Author
Mati Unt (1944-2005) was an Estonian writer who began his writing career at the age of nineteen, with a "naive novel" entitled Good-bye, Yellow Cat. From this early beginning, Unt established a broad reputation in the artistic and intellectual circles of Estonia as a writer of fiction, plays, and criticism. His novels The Debt, On the Existence of Life in Outer Space, Murder in a Hotel, The Autumn Ball, and Things in the Night, among others, established Unt as one of the most prolific and well-regarded novelists in Estonia. In addition to his own writing, he was instrumental in bringing avant-garde theater to post-Soviet Estonia, and was well known as a director. Ants Eert is the translator of several Estonian novels, and is the author of a fantasy-adventure novel. He is a retired engineer.
Reviews
a disturbing and comic tale of obsession, politics and the vagaries of literature.' -Sam Munson, New York Post
Book Information
ISBN 9781564784964
Author Mati Unt
Format Paperback
Page Count 212
Imprint Dalkey Archive Press
Publisher Dalkey Archive Press
Series Eastern European Literature
Weight(grams) 281g
