This collection of excerpts is intended as an introduction to contemporary Estonian literature. Here, you will find a sampling of twelve prize-winning Estonian novels, with each extract translated into English. The book aims to familiarize readers with works that have not yet been published in English. Works represented in this book are [i:2970] Behind the dams of the heart (translated by Ilmar Lehtpere) [i:2577] Glass child (translated by Adam Cullen) [i:11020] Around a point (translated by Slade Carter) [i:1305] Plague train (translated by Adam Cullen) [i:129013] Night mother (translated by Adam Cullen) [i:2259] Boiled alive (translated by Tiina Otema) [i:3618] Other side of the moon (translated by Tiina Otema) [i:2991] 11 escapes of Madis Jefferson (translated by Adam Cullen) [i:92718] Dancing the dust from the floor (translated by Darcy Hurford) [i:372] Comrade kid and the grown-ups (translated by Matthew Hyde) [i:95579] Diary of a rose fanatic (translated by Tiina Otema) [i:3622] Paradise (translated by Chistopher Moseley )