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Seitsemän Veljestä: Kertomus

1870

Aleksis Kivi

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Seitsemän Veljestä: Kertomus

Aleksis Kivi

1870

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Seven brothers run wild in the Finnish forest, and somehow this mess of mischief became the foundation of a nation's literature. When Aleksis Kivi wrote Seitsemän veljestä in the 1860s, he wasn't just telling a story about the Jukola brothers skipping school to raid a henhouse, he was inventing the Finnish novel. The seven brothers, named Juhani, Tuomas, Aapo, Simeoni, Timo, Lauri, and Eero, lose their father to a hunting accident and their mother soon after, leaving them to navigate their wild antics and the slow, painful work of becoming men. What unfolds is hilarious and heartbreaking: a picaresque romp through rural Finland that somehow captures the birth of a national identity. The novel crackles with the brothers' banter, their rebellious energy, and the aching loneliness of young men untethered from the world. Kivi died in poverty in 1873, a year after this book was first published, never knowing his strange, fierce work would become a cornerstone of Nordic identity. You will not find a more raw or joyful portrait of brotherhood anywhere in literature.

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A novel written during the late 19th century, specifically first published in 1870. The book follows the lives and adven...

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Seitsemän veljestä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsei̯tsemæn ˈʋeljestæ]; literally translated The Seven Brothers, or The Brot...

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“It is not easy to wash off the shame when it has already been glued to a person.””

— Aleksis Kivi

“Muistuttipa heidän juoksunsa kuuta korkeuden sininiitulla. Ei väisty hän syrjään hattaran edestä, joka tahtoo sulkea hänen tiensä, vaan huoletonna hän retkeilee sen läpitse, ja kirkkaampana kuin ennen astuu hän jälleen sen kautta ulos. / Their flight was like the moon's course through the blue fields of the sky. She does not turn aside for a flimsy cloud that tries to block her path, but sails through it serenely and emerges on the other side brighter than before.””

— Aleksis Kivi

“The fire of love is drawn from the sky rather than the human mind.””

— Aleksis Kivi

“A strong desire derives a person straight through the hardest rock.””

— Aleksis Kivi

“The love goes where it wants; you hear it rustling but you do not know where it's going and where it goes.””

— Aleksis Kivi

“Silloin kuusi uhaten ravisti kihariansa kerran vielä ja kylvi alas latvastansa kimmeltävää lunta kuolevan poikansa peitteeksi, koska veren kuumassa virrassa pakeni sydämestä raitis henki ja hälveni höyrynä ilmaan.””

— Aleksis Kivi

“Wiatr miłości wieje, kędy chce; słyszysz jegoszum, nie wiesz jednak, skąd idzie i dokąd.””

— Aleksis Kivi

“Albowiem niebo rozpala płomień miłości, a nie myśl i pragnienie człowieka. Żebraczka może rozkochać się w królu, a córkakrólewska w kominiarzu. Duch miłości krąży różnymi drogami i nigdy nie wiesz, skąd przyjdzie i dokąd uleci.””

— Aleksis Kivi

“«Ponte en camino y abre los ojos, que algo acecha en cada matojo. Detrás de cada mata hay un peligro; apréndelo como en un libro.»””

— Aleksis Kivi

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