For advanced Finnish speakers: Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen’s latest novel, Sielut
For advanced Finnish speakers: Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen’s latest novel, Sielut kulkevat sateessa (”Souls walk in the rain”) can be downloaded for free until 6th June from this site: http://www.kolumbus.fi/pasi.jaaskelainen/Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen is a well-known contemporary Finnish fiction writer, whose style is mainly characterised by the fusion of realism and fantastic elements. His latest novel tells the story of Judit, a nurse, who, after realising the shortness of life, decides to leave her husband and to change job. She ends up working for a world-famous celebrity with a high salary and she often finds herself walking home late at night, roaming the rainy streets of Helsinki. Despite all the oddities, she sticks to her job in order to be able to spend more time with her ill godson, but as the rain starts to spread to all parts of Europe, she is forced to investigate the truth…With this free distribution, the author is hoping to draw more attention to his novel, as nowadays in the harsh and highly competitive literary environment it is quite hard to stay noticed. -- source link
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