The attentive lover
In this short story, from his collection Pronssikausi (‘The bronze age’, 1988, on the Finlandia Prize shortlist in 1989), Martti Joenpolvi takes up the subject of the problematic transportation of a...
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A short story from Terveessä ruumiissa (‘In a healthy body’, Gummerus, 1990) Later, as he mulled over the moments just before it all happened – with himself delivering his appreciative peroration to...
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From Kauan kukkineet omenapuut (‘Long-blossoming apple trees’, 1982). Introduction by Arto Seppälä The men who delivered the hot-water cylinder offered to do the installation as well. I asked how much...
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