Toomas Nipernaadi
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Toomas Nipernaadi is an influential 1928 Estonian novel by August Gailit
, as well as the (assumed) name of the novel's main protagonist.
. He is noted for frequent lying, for promising something to everybody around him, and to beautiful women in particular — but always moving on before his promises can be fulfilled.
August Gailit
August Gailit was an Estonian writer. -Life:Georg August Gailit was born in Sangaste Parish, Valgamaa, Estonia, the son of a carpenter and grew up on a farm in Laatre . From 1899 he attended schools in the parish and the town of Valga from 1905, then from 1907 a municipal school in Tartu...
, as well as the (assumed) name of the novel's main protagonist.
Character
The character is an archetypical traveller; a vagabondVagabond (person)
A vagabond is a drifter and an itinerant wanderer who roams wherever they please, following the whim of the moment. Vagabonds may lack residence, a job, and even citizenship....
. He is noted for frequent lying, for promising something to everybody around him, and to beautiful women in particular — but always moving on before his promises can be fulfilled.