n this collection which contains both autobiography and fiction, the
prominent Estonian artist and writer Toomas Vint, whose career spans the
Soviet period and Estonia's re-gaining of independence, demonstrates his
characteristic mischievous, dark sense of humour, an artist's eye for
visual detail, and an experimental approach to form. His main themes are
the fine dividing line between fantasy and reality, man's foibles,
frailties and capacity for self-deception, and the absurd and sometimes
tragicomic nature of the human condition.