Girl Upon Heaven's Pier - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Eeva-Liisa Manner, Terhi Kuusisto (Translator)Series:Finnish LiteraturePublish date:2016-08-26Pages:104
Language:EnglishPublisher:Dalkey Archive PressISBN-13:9781628971385ISBN-10:162897138XUPC:9781628971385Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:LiterarySize:6.90 x 4.90 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SCQMSRBAD7
Girl Upon Heaven's Pier
Originally published in 1951, this novel tells of a young girl living with her deeply religious grandparents in pre-war Vyborg--before it became part of the Soviet Union. Leena hates school, loves music and rain, and wanders through the town in a state of childish enchantment. "Like a spruce cone, a child falls into a world where logical disorder replaces magical order, and there you are―in...
Series: Finnish Literature
Language:EnglishPublisher:Dalkey Archive PressISBN-13:9781628971385ISBN-10:162897138XUPC:9781628971385Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:LiterarySize:6.90 x 4.90 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SCQMSRBAD7
Manner, Eeva-Liisa: - Eeva-Liisa Manner (1921-1995) is one of the most celebrated postwar Finnish poets. In addition to fifteen volumes of poetry, she published several volumes of prose and wrote plays for radio and the theater. Her collection Tämä matka (This Journey, 1956) is considered a landmark work of Finnish modernism. She was also a translator of English and German literature. Manner...
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