Présentation de l'éditeur
Considerered Kapliniski's most significant work to date, this is one of the most widely read Estonian novels of recent years. Tartu, Estonia in the 1960s. A young student falls under the spell of a tutor who proves to be not the sage that was supposed to be, and their friendship attracts the attention of the Soviet authorites in a tense, cerebral and fascinating novel which is sure to be the perfect introduction of Kaplinski to readers in Western Europe and beyond.
Biographie de l'auteur
Poet and essayistJaan Kaplinski is probably the best-known and most acclaimed Estonian writer today, and famous as one of those who wrote the Letter By The Forty, a dissident protest that rocked the Soviet authorities and was a signpost to the liberation of Estonia from Communist rule. He is the author of "Evening Brings Everything Back" and "The Wandering Border.""
