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Viisi pilaa

Viisi pilaa

Vallinmäki, J.

Paperback

General Fiction

ISBN10: 9378417027
ISBN13: 9789378417023
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Nov 8 2026
Pages: 26
Weight: 0.11
Height: 0.06 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: Finnish
A bowl of rice porridge becomes a test of domestic pride, while a simple social visit turns awkward under the scrutiny of an unmarried guest. Across five comic sketches, ordinary behaviour is magnified until vanity, misunderstanding and self-importance expose their own absurdity. Homes, kitchens and public gatherings provide the ground for humour rooted not in grand adventures, but in the familiar ways people boast, explain, deceive and misread one another. Each piece speaks directly to its audience through first-person monologue or mock lecture, giving the collection the immediacy of an oral performance. One narrator attempts to classify the varieties of dancing; another holds forth on poultry breeding and care. Their confident accounts repeatedly reveal more than they intend, as exaggerated observation and playful irony turn practical subjects into social satire. The stage-like presentation keeps attention fixed on voice: the pauses implied by direct address, the solemn treatment of trivial matters and the widening gap between a speaker's certainty and the situation being described. From dance halls and rural venues to a henhouse, a merchant's estate and a town marketplace, the settings shift while the comic method remains sharply focused. Domestic comedy meets satirical fiction in portraits of people determined to appear knowledgeable, capable or worldly, even when circumstances suggest otherwise. Compact, performative and varied in subject, these sketches capture the theatre hidden inside everyday conduct and the comedy produced when explanation becomes display. 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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