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- Editorial
- FEATURE: Two ways to write about Estonian history: Ene Mihkelson and Sofi Oksanen by Sirje Olesk
- FEATURE: Ethnofuturism. Bridge between national and international in Estonian poetry by Anneli Mihkelev
- SHORT STORY: Foxes and Birds by Mehis Heinsaar
- SHORT STORY: 48 Hours by Maarja Kangro
- SHORT STORY: Internal Immigrant by Mihkel Mutt
- NOVEL EXTRACT: The Saviour of Lasnamäe by Mari Saat
- NOVEL EXTRACT: The Man Who Spoke Snakish by Andrus Kivirähk
- NOVEL EXTRACT: Apothecary Melchior and the Mystery of St. Olaf’s Church by Indrek Hargla
- POETRY: Jürgen Rooste
- POETRY: Hasso Krull
- POETRY: Kristiina Ehin
- POETRY: Sven Kivisildnik
- POETRY: Ene Mihkelson
- POETRY: Juhan Viiding
NOVEL EXTRACT: Apothecary Melchior and the Mystery of St. Olaf’s Church by Indrek Hargla
Indrek Hargla
Indrek Hargla (b. 1970) is the highest regarded
science fiction and crime author in Estonia. His earlier works combined
elements of horror fiction with the grandiose mind games of alternative
history, enabling him to address deep themes, predominantly the correlation
between greed for power and hunger for freedom. In his unlikely universes, impregnated
with magic, he develops suspenseful stories, whether romantic, like Palveränd uude maailma (Pilgrimage to
the New World, 2003), or humorous, like French
ja Koulu (French and Koulu, 2005), which plays with the stereotypes of
Estonian identity. Although Hargla had garnered fame with his novels outside
science fiction circles, his true breakthrough came with the Apothecary
Melchior-series, which was launched in 2010 and has now reached its third book.
These crime stories feature medieval Tallinn’s equivalent to the famous
fictional detectives: Melchior Wakenstede, born, according to Hargla, around
1378, and married to Keterlyn, a girl of Estonian descent. The smart and
good-humoured apothecary, well respected by his peers, is already viewed as a
potential icon of Tallinn, just as Hargla is viewed as the reviver and saviour
of Estonian crime fiction.
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