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Toomas Nipernaadi

Author: August Gailit

Translator: Eva Finch, Jason Finch   Cover design: Marie Lane   Cover illustration: Jüri Arrak  

Toomas Nipernaadi is the eternal wanderer. Each spring he travels into the countryside, drifting from village to village. Wherever he turns up adventure and trouble ensue. He works as a rafter, impersonates a pastor, drains swampland and becomes the master of a farm. He is full of stories and tall tales and enchants the village girls he encounters who fall in love with his elusive will-of-the-wisp character before he is gone as suddenly as he arrived. There is both a fair-tale element and a darker side to Toomas Nipernaadi who is both the hero and the villain in his own story.

First published in 1928 Toomas Nipernaadi remains one of the most popular books in Estonia. It has been widely translated and made into a successful film.

RRP: £9.99

No. of pages: 378

Publication date: 27.07.2018

ISBN numbers:
Paperback
978 1 910213 50 6
Ebook
978 1 910213 90 2

Rights:
World English Language