false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1214263250m/2242223.jpg 2242223 1 In this contemporary retelling of Bram Stoker's Dracula, Estonian writer Mati Unt offers a playful yet unsettling mixture of fact and fiction, combining pieces of Estonian political history—in particular the figure of Lydia Koidula (1843-1886), widely regarded as the first Estonian woman to express an Estonian longing for independence—with portraits of life in contemporary Estonia, all set against a backdrop of vampirism and the Gothic novel. 2248075 15 5 2008 Diary of a Blood Donor (Dalkey Eastern European Literature) total:14|5:4|4:6|3:4|2:0|1:0| 14 56 24 3 3 0 false false Sat Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 13:24:46 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 09:26:53 -0800 2009 Dracula could be done with the backdrop of contemporary Estonia, filled with metaphorical vampires standing in for Communism? This is what Mati Unt did, and lord knows I didn't know what to expect when I started it. Believe it or not the premise works well. ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 14:49:16 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 14:49:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 08 13:59:19 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 14:01:45 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Nov 26 22:46:45 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 26 22:46:45 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 23 09:07:17 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 09:07:30 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 26 18:39:09 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 18:39:09 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 16 18:24:35 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 18:24:35 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 11:29:42 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 09:04:59 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Aug 04 22:28:54 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 22:28:54 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jul 23 15:37:35 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 15:37:35 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Jun 12 21:03:21 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 21:03:21 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jun 03 18:51:11 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 16:04:58 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun May 17 18:32:47 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 18:32:47 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri May 01 11:39:24 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 11:39:24 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Mar 01 19:23:01 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 19:23:01 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Wed Feb 11 15:18:25 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 15:18:25 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Dec 31 08:12:31 -0800 2008 Wed Apr 29 11:17:50 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 19 07:15:04 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 07:15:09 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Mon Sep 29 06:37:37 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 06:37:37 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri Aug 15 12:19:23 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 03 10:14:07 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2242223