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Squire Hellman (Paperback)
Juhani Aho; Translated by R. Nisbet Bain
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Yksin (Hardcover)
Juhani Aho
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Yksin (Paperback)
Juhani Aho
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The Railroad (Paperback)
Juhani Aho; Translated by Owen Witesman; Introduction by Jyrki Nummi
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Today, change in our material lives is a constant. Many now living
have seen the advent not only of the mobile phone and the Internet,
but also of space exploration, vaccines and even indoor plumbing.
This in contrast to the world you now enter in The Railroad, where
the diminutive Matti and Liisa are aging in a corner of the world
in which peasant life has remained unaltered for centuries. When
the iron rails reach the forests of Eastern Finland, however, that
solitude and constancy are forever altered. The Railroad (1884) was
prose writer, poet, translator and journalist Juhani Aho's first
major literary work. There is some disagreement as to whether he or
Aleksis Kivi (best known for his 1870 novel Seven Brothers) should
be named the first professional Finnish author. There is no doubt,
however, that Aho's modern usage of the Finnish language and
application of realistic style - although romantic elements also
appear in The Railroad - place him as one of the progenitors of
Finnish literature, which has been closely identified with realism
ever since. In both his topics and his style we witness a critical
stage in the cultural development of what is now one of the most
advanced nations in the world.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
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