The Man Who Spoke Snakish
Author | : Andrus Kivirähk |
Publisher | : Atlantic Books |
Total Pages | : 410 |
Release | : 2016-09-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781611859607 |
ISBN-13 | : 1611859603 |
Rating | : 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Man Who Spoke Snakish written by Andrus Kivirähk and published by Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unfortunately people and tribes degenerate. They lose their teeth, forget their language, until finally they're bending meekly on the fields and cutting straw with a scythe. Leemut, a young boy growing up in the forest, is content living with his hunter-gatherer family. But when incomprehensible outsiders arrive aboard ships and settle nearby, with an intriguing new religion, the forest begins to empty - people are moving to the village and breaking their backs tilling fields to make bread. Meanwhile, Leemut and the last forest-dwelling humans refuse to adapt: with bare-bottomed primates and their love of ancient traditions, promiscuous bears, and a single giant louse, they live in shacks, keep wolves, and speak to snakes. Told with moving and satirical prose, The Man Who Spoke Snakish is a fiercely imaginative allegory about a boy, and a nation, standing on the brink of dramatic change.