Lasiseinä : Romaani

A novel written in the early 20th century. Set in an Alpine spa town and convent hospital, it follows the Finnish sculptor and mother Ritva Orjatmaa as illness, memory, and beauty pull her back toward life while a charged connection with the young doctor Franz Haller unsettles the steadfast nun Sister Felicia. The story probes faith and doubt, desire and duty, art and motherhood, and