![]() C is a powerful and subtle novel, a love story and a story about friendship. And she becomes a writer everyone knows a hundred years later: Minna Canth, the first notable female author, journalist, entrepreneur, prominent figure in society. The daughter of a maid and a cotton merchant marries her teacher and ends up pregnant, time and again. Inside her there’s a force looking for a way out, growing in size and wreaking havoc, questioning the laws of nature and at times pulling her deep into melancholy. ![]() ![]() In her kitchen the cakes come out either burnt to a crisp or uncooked, and what satisfies others is not enough for her. Inside the wife a storm is ravaging trees, unable to calm down. Reading material: Finnish original, English sampleĪt the bottom of a hillside stands a grey house with eight bedrooms, six children, a schoolmaster and his wife. “Maybe that’s what a marriage is, Minna thought, quickly put together in two words but with a slow growth.” ![]()
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