The Man Who Spoke Snakish

by Andrus Kivirähk

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

Think Tolkien ft. Barbara Kingsolver

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.