Carolina Pihelgas The Cut Line review, recensie en informatie roman van de uit Estland afkomstige schrijfster. Op 3 februari 2026 verschijnt bij World Editions de Engelse vertaling van de roman Lõikejoon, van Carolina Pihelgas, de Estische schrijfster. Er is geen Nederlandse vertaling van de roman uit Estland verkrijgbaar.
Carolina Pihelgas The Cut Line review en recensie
- “In less than one hundred pages, Carolina Pihelgas creates a depth that would perhaps not be possible without her poetic language, upon which she builds her rendering of the human soul. With this extraordinary little book, the poet undoubtedly reinforces her position as one of Estonia’s greatest prose writers today.” (Estonian Literary Magazine)
- “Carolina Pihelgas delves deep, peers to the very bottom, is bold and confident, and never stops halfway.” (Piret Põldver)
The Cut Line
- Auteur: Carolina Pihelgas (Estland)
- Soort boek: roman uit Estland
- Origineel: Lõikejoon (2024)
- Engelse vertaling: Darcy Hurford
- Uitgever: World Editions
- Verschijnt: 3 februari 2026
- Omvang: 118 pagina’s
- Uitgave: paperback / ebook
- Prijs: $ 19,99
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
Flaptekst van de roman van de Estische schrijfster Caroline Pihelgas
In the dog days of an Estonian summer, Liine flees to the countryside to put a conclusive end to her toxic 14-year relationship.
She undergoes every stage of separation in a lone farmstead amid forests. A lot of physical labor and gardening help her withstand her ex-partner’s threats, the incredulity of friends and family, and her own anguish. Dread is pervasive in this novel. Set in the near future, it is filled with vivid depictions of the threat of climate change. All around Liine, nature is facing acute drought and heat. No less menacing is the presence of an expanding NATO base close to the cottage at the Russian border. The world’s largest military alliance is practicing for an attack. Explosions and shots ring in the distance while Liine tries to recover from fourteen years of violence. Yet she simply follows the rhythm of nature as summer unfolds. While her environment changes around her, Liine—always in the garden chopping wood, weeding, sowing—undergoes profound transformations, too.
The Cut Line is a story of fear, self-blame, grief, numbness, and anger ultimately giving way to hope and healing, joy and lightness.
Carolina Pihelgas was born on 24 february 1984 in Tallinn, Estonia. She is an Estonian writer, poet, translator, and editor. Her collection of prose poems Valgus kivi sees (The Light within the Stone, 2019) received the Estonian Cultural Endowment Award for the best poetry book of the year. In 2020, she was appointed Tartu’s City Writer Laureate. The author of seven collections of poetry published her first novel Vaadates ööd (Watching the Night) in 2022. The short novel from 2024 Lõikejoon (The Cut Line) is her second work of prose and her first work to be translated into English.