Summary of The Same River
“The Same River” is a novel about an Estonian university student of Oriental studies in Soviet-era Tartu during the 1960s, who spends his summer in search of philosophical, mystical and sexual knowledge.
Reasons to read The Same RiverÂ
“The Same River” is a “Bildungsroman” with mystical, philosophical, and erotic undertones, set against the backdrop of communist-ruled Estonia. Jaan Kaplinski, one of Estonia’s most translated writers, received the Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature in 1997. The novel is semi-autobiographical.
Setting: Tartu (Estonia)
Original title: Seesama jõgi
Year of publication: 2007
Nr of pages: 320
