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Kovina aikoina
Realistinen romaani 1860-luvun nälkävuosilta. Kuvaa rinnakkain kaksoiselämää elävää torpanmiestä ja läheisen kartanon väkeä; läpileikkaa kuvan Suomen oloista noina kovina aikana.
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October 12, 2020
No other book has ever made me this mad. But that's actually to the author's credit.
I think this was the perfect book to end my 19th century Finnish readathon on for it perfectly encapsulates the main takeaway from that era, which is that the biggest existential threat to the Finnish people is and always has been poverty and class struggle. This simple truth pervades every single piece of 19th century literature. The misery of the working class shines through the patriotic chest-thumping like blood through a shoddily tied bandage, which makes the fact that the Reds ultimately lost all the more difficult to fathom.
I think this was the perfect book to end my 19th century Finnish readathon on for it perfectly encapsulates the main takeaway from that era, which is that the biggest existential threat to the Finnish people is and always has been poverty and class struggle. This simple truth pervades every single piece of 19th century literature. The misery of the working class shines through the patriotic chest-thumping like blood through a shoddily tied bandage, which makes the fact that the Reds ultimately lost all the more difficult to fathom.
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