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The Winter WarBy Antti TuuriTranslated by Richard Impola Talvisota (The Winter War) by Finnish novelist Antti Turri is now available in English translation. The book is Turri's sincere tribute to the Finnish soldiers of the Winter War, the 105-day war following Russia's invasion of Finland in November of 1939. Events are seen through the eyes of Martti Hakala, now an old man, who had been a rank-and-file soldier of the 23rd Infantry regi ment, a unit drawn mainly from the province of Ostroboth nia. Like so many of his countrymen, Matti was called up to defend his country in this national emergency. The Winter War is based on authentic war diaries, inter views with veterans and other first-hand sources. It is not, however, a documentary. It depicts the reactions of ordinary men to extraordinary circumstances, and what happens to these men when prolonged exposure to violent death and destruction creates an alternative reality, nightmarish and inescapable. Translator Richard Impola's English rendering of the text recreates the terse, succinct "Hemingway" style for which Tuuri is famous. Tuuri's spare realism is a quiet voice in the thunderous theater of war. 208 pages, soft and hardcover Softcover $20 |
The movie... The Winter War(Talvisota)Directed by Pekka ParikkaThe overwhelming Soviet army ceaselessly stormed tiny Finland's borders with massive artillery, a powerful air force and well-armed infantry for 105 days during the Soviet invasion of 1939-40. What gave the defenders of a small nation the strength to hold back an awesome enemy in the face of countless odds? The Winter War is the first film made about this epic struggle; recounting the war from the soldiers' point of view, letting us experience the brutality of daily life in the trenches. The screen play, based on Antti Tuuri's book Talvisota, is a dignified tribute to the tenacious Finnish heroes who preserved their coun try's independence. BelIe & Blade Studios 125 mm. abridgment of the origi nal 1988 film. In Finnish with English subtitles. Available in both VHS and DVD video formats VHS $ 29.95 add $3 for postage & handling per order (Mass, residents must also add 6.25% state sales tax DVD 29.95 (+ 6.25% state sales tax). |
The KalevalaEpic of the Finnish People Translated by Eino Friberg - Illustrated by Björn Landström Hard cover, 408 pages. Color and black & white illustrations Call for Current Price ===========================
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series Our Daily BreadBy Kalle PäätäloTranslated by Richard Impola softcover. 532 pages $ 20.00 Before the StormBy Kalle PäätäloTranslated by Richard Impola Softcover, 433 pages Sorry; Out of Stock and Out of Print Storm Over the LandBy Kalle PäätäloTranslated by Richard Impola Out of Stocks $ 15.00 After the StormBy Kalle PäätäloTranslated by Richard Impola Softcover, 422 pages $ 18.00 The Winter of the Black SnowBy Kalle PäätäloTranslated by Richard Impola Sorry; Out of Stock ============================= A Day in OstrobothniaBy Antti Tuuri Translated by Anselm Hollo Softcover, 225 pages $ 18.00 ===================================== Red Moon over White SeaBy Laila Hietamies Translated by Börje Vähämäki Softcover. 351 pages $ 18.00 The Bride of LifeBy Eeva
Joenpelto
Translated by Rilva Koivu Softcover, 3 76 pages $ 15.00 -----------------------------------
Hand in HandA NovelBy Tauno Yliruusi Translated by Richard Impola Hardcover, 164 pages $7.95 ------------------------------- Heath Cobblers(A Comedy in Five Acts) &Kuliervo (A Tragedy in Five Acts) by Alekais Kivi translated by Douglas Robinson softcover, 216 pages $ 14.95 =================== |
Kalevala - graphic NovelLönnrot - Friberg - Huitula The Kalevala is one of the great epics in world literature alongside the Iliad, the Odyssey, Gilgamesh and Nibelungenlied. Elias Lönnrot's (1802-1884) collected, compiled and edited these Finnish epic narrative folk poems and published his final masterpiece in 1849. This Kalevala graphic novel is the first and only comic book adaptation of the epic. It contains the entire storyline of the Kalevala from all fifty cantos. Eino Friberg's (1901-1995) masterful translation retains the original beautiful phrasing and captures the essence of the Kalevala. It truly manages to arouse the interest of today's modern reader. Kristian Huitula (1973-) is an accomplished comic book artist whose visual images show exceptional artistic talent. At last the magic of the Kalevala is finding its way to new audiences in a new form with qualities that makes it perhaps even more intriguing and accessible than ever before. Seven BrothersBy Aleksis Kivi andTranslated by Richard Impola Softcover, 280 pages $25.00 Rich & Respected by Eeva
Joenpelto
translated by Irma Margareta Martin softcover, 333 pages $ 15.00 HelsinkiA Literary CompanionEdited by Hildi Hawkins & Soila Lehtonen Softcover, 255 pages, photos $ 24.95 ========== The KalevalaAn Epic Poem after the Oral Tradition By Elias Lönnrot Translated by Keith Bosley - Soft~cover. 679 pages $14.95 ==================== The KanteletarLyrics and Ballards after the Oral Tradition By Elias
Lönnrot
Translated by Keith Bosley Softcover, 189 pages $ 12.95 ===========================
ReconciliationUnder the North Star 3 Reconciliation is the third installment of Väinö Linna's trilogy, Under the North Star (Täällä pohjantähden alla). It depicts the experience of the Koskela family during the sometimes turbulent first decades of Finland independence. Linna's captivating style of writing and psychological understanding of the interaction between individual feelings and social order is here more refined than ever. Reconciliation offers a detailed account of attitudes toward the social reforms that came about as a consequence of the Civil War of 1918. In addition the novel describes the traumas Finland's people experienced during the first 30 years of independence: right wing extremism and the Lapua movement of 1929-32; severe depression in the 1930s; the-Winter War of 1939-40; and the Continuation War of 1941-44. The volume ends with the calm of the first post-World War II years. Softcover $30 The UprisingUnder the North Star 2 By Väinö Linna Translated by Richard Impola Sorry; Out of
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Softcover $ 23.00 Under the North Star [Vol. 1]
by Väinö Linna Translated by Richard Impola Sorry;
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