The Sun Script (Norvik Press, 2026, p. 462)
The Sun Script (Päikesekiri, 2021) is an absorbing work of fiction which ranges across many countries and has a large gallery of fascinating characters, focusing in particular on the adventures of Lily, an Estonian strongwoman loosely modelled on the sumo wrestler Anette Busch (1882-1969), and Tsuneo, an amateur Japanese linguist who is the guardian of a secret cosmic language. The novel combines fast-paced events and high tension with more reflective passages about the possibilities of international understanding and the nature of writing.
Anette Busch (1882-1969)
Rein Raud is an outstanding Estonian writer who has won many awards for his fiction and poetry, as well as being himself a translator. The Sun Script has been translated into several languages.
Rein Raud (b. 1961, © Sohvi Viik)
The novel is translated by Christopher Moseley, a highly experienced translator from Estonian and Latvian, whose translations for Norvik Press include Ilmar Taska’s Pobeda 1946 (2018) and Inga Abele’s The Year The River Froze Twice (2020). This translation of The Sun Script is an exciting addition to Norvik Press’s Baltic titles.
These maps were included in Rein Raud’s original novel Päikesekiri (2021), showing where the action takes place
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