Slightly Silly Stories

"Slightly Silly Stories" in Estonian. Published by Tänapäev, 2012.

Rights

Rights sold: Estonian, French, Russian for Estonia, Polish, Lithuanian, Slovenian and Ukrainian.


Awards

Lire ici et là, 2015 (France)
Zlata hruška, 2020  (Slovenia)


About the Book

"Slightly Silly Stories" consists of 30 separate short and funny stories. The characters in the book are slightly silly, but mostly kind. There's a fish called Amanda, who arranges tea-parties, an egg who practices yoga and an apple-tree who grows medals instead of apples. There's also a shy mobile phone, a tender hugging jumper, a kindhearted circle and many others.

"Slightly Silly Stories" in French. Published by Éditions du Rouergue, 2013.

"Ce dont on est sûr, en revanche, c'est que ses nouvelles sont une merveille d'humour et de poésie. Un rien les fait déraper dans l'absurde et la fantaisie, mécaniques de grande précision, chaque mot à sa place, sans un de trop. Grands écarts, pirouettes, numéros d'équilibre, chaque histoire finit par retomber brillamment sur ses pieds."
Télérama

"Slightly Silly Stories" in Maribor Puppet Theatre (Slovenia), 2023 (photos by Boštjan Lah).