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''Toomas Nipernaadi'' is a 1928
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novel by
August Gailit August Gailit (9 January 1891 – 5 November 1960) was an Estonians, Estonian writer. Life Georg August Gailit was born in Lossiküla, Kuiksilla (near Sangaste Castle), Sangaste Parish (now Otepää Parish), Kreis Dorpat, Governorate of Livonia, ...
, as well as the (assumed) name of the novel's protagonist. It was strongly influenced by neo-romanticism. The story of the book was made into a film titled ''Nipernaadi'' in 1983. The novel appeared in English translation in 2018. The name of the bus Katarina Jee refers to a character from the novel.


Character

The character is an archetypical traveller; a
vagabond Vagrancy is the condition of wandering homelessness without regular employment or income. Vagrants usually live in poverty and support themselves by travelling while engaging in begging, waste picker, scavenging, or petty theft. In Western ...
. 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. Nipernaadi is a writer who spends his summers travelling incognito around Estonia. Despite the roguish nature of his behavior, he still somehow brings hope to the stagnant backwater villages he breezes through, inspiring the inhabitants to turn their own dreams into reality. The novel has given modern Estonian the word ''nipernaadi'', a somewhat whimsical term for an adventurous traveller who wants to experience something off the beaten track or beyond the usual tourist sights. The news and public affairs station
Radio Kuku Radio Kuku (, also called ''Kuku-raadio'') is an Estonian radio station. It was the first politically independent privately owned radio station in post- occupation Estonia, established in 1992 by a media businessman and later politician Rein La ...
, for instance, has a regular travel feature called "Nipernaadid" (The Nipernaadis).


References

Nipernaadi, Toomas Toomas Nipernaadi Toomas Nipernaadi Estonian novels adapted into films {{Estonia-stub