The Man Who Spoke Snakish -- Andrus Kivirähk

from alanteder

A wild fairy tale for adults. Andrus Kivirähk is known in Estonia for his children's books such as the Lotte series, and perhaps especially for his parody novels "Rehepapp ehk november" (The Old Barny or November) and "Ivan Orava mälestused, ehk, Minevik kui helesinised mäedIvan Orava mälestused"...

from elimatta

Lostinabook has summarised the story, thank you. This is an extraordinary book, about the death of cultures, the death of language, the resistance to imperialism. Does imperialism justify violence? It is like Pemulwuy, the Aboriginal warrior who violently resisted the British in colonial Sydney.

from lostinalibrary

Leemet lives with his family in the forest and it provides them with everything they need -shelter, food, clothing. They ride and milk wolves, share living space with intelligent adders and lecherous bears, and hang out with ancient primates who keep lice for pets. And they speak Snakish, an anci...

from klburnside

The Man Who Spoke Snakish is the story of Leemet, a boy in medieval Estonia who is confronted with colonization and a changing world. Leemet grows up in the forest, where he learns to speak Snakish, a language that enables him to talk to animals in the forest. His family has no need for hunting, ...

from greeniezona

Oh, kids, do I have some feelings about this book. First of all, I was steered very, very wrong. I was looking at this book at the library book store, and the woman there (who is normally very conservative in her book recommendations for Jefferson) made it sound like it would be an appropriate b...