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The Same River

By Jaan Kaplinski

The Same River

By Jaan Kaplinski

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First novel in English translation by one of Estonia's leading contemporary writers. A semi-autobiographical Bildungsroman, set in the early 1960s, it narrates the efforts of Kaplinski's youthful alter ego to lose his innocence and attain sexual and mystical knowledge. The twenty-year-old protagonist finds an unofficial teacher in a retired theologian and poet who is out of favor with the communist authorities. After a summer spent in intellectual and erotic soul-searching, the sexual and political intrigues finally overlap, leading to a quasi-solution. KGB and university apparatchiks take a close interest in the teacher-disciple relation of the two poets. The student outgrows his mentor, who despite accusing the human race of puerility, turns out to be a big and jealous child himself.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
320
Release Date:
2010-08-01
Publication Date:
2011-06-01
Publisher:
Peter Owen Publishers
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
072061340X
ISBN13:
9780720613407
Weight:
309 g
Height:
128 cm
Width:
195 cm
Thickness:
27 cm
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