Original title Seesama jõgi Published in English 2009 Published in english 2009 | Translator Susan Wilson Originally published 2007 Country Estonia | |
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Finnic languages books The wandering border, The Czar's Madman, Evening brings everythin, Through the forest | ||
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The Same River (Estonian: Seesama jõgi) is a semi-autobiographical novel by Estonian author Jaan Kaplinski. It was first published in 2007.
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The book describes a summer in the early 60's in the city of Tartu from the viewpoint of an unnamed student, who seeks to attain sexual and mystical knowledge. He is influenced by a Teacher, a theologian and poet, who is spied upon by the communist authorities.
The Same River is Kaplinski's first proper novel and took almost twelve years to write. Translations appeared in English (2009), Swedish (Samma flod, 2009), Finnish (Sama joki, 2010), Spanish (El mismo río, 2011), Hungarian (Ugyanaz a folyó, 2012), and Latvian (Tā pati upe, 2012).
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