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Novelleja

Novelleja

Keller, Gottfried
Antero Koskenniemi, Veikko

Paperback

General FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 9378415717
ISBN13: 9789378415715
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Nov 8 2026
Pages: 136
Weight: 0.42
Height: 0.32 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: Finnish
Desire rarely remains private when family, property, poverty and belief stand in its way. Across five Finnish-language translated short stories, individuals confront the demands imposed by social class, duty and gender expectations, moving between realist social conflict and historical or religious fiction without reducing those tensions to simple choices. One story follows a taciturn boy raised in poverty by his widowed mother alongside his sister near Seldwyla; another binds the relationship between Sali and Vrenchen to a bitter land dispute between their farming families. Elsewhere, an isolated baroness, an intellectually ambitious aristocratic woman and a nun divided between religious commitment and worldly freedom bring sharply different circumstances into view. Each focal character faces a distinct boundary: the authority of family, the pressure of convention, the insecurity of hardship or the claims of vocation. From farming households and contested land to Alexandria and a remote religious community, the collection broadens its social concerns through varied periods and settings. Learning collides with prescribed roles, love with obligation, and personal longing with institutions that govern property, status and faith. The combination of realist short stories with historical and religious tales creates a wide-ranging study of people whose temperaments and desires cannot be separated from the worlds that constrain them. This book was out of print for decades and is now republished by Alpha Editions. It has been restored for today's and future generations. This edition is not just a reprint - it's a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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