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Editorial
This’n’that
Tove Jansson in memoriam; Helena Sinervo on new poems by Eva-Stina
Byggmästar; Jouni Inkala on Markku
Paasonen’s short prose; Maria Säntti on the Lahti
International Writers’ Reunion; Hannu Raittila on the virtues
of stupidity; reader survey; literary prize; erratum
Eva-Stina Byggmästar
Strange songs
Poems from Den harhjärtade människan (‘Hare-heart’,
Söderström & Co., 2001), translated by David McDuff
In her eighth collection of poems, Eva-Stina Byggmästar (born
1967) forsakes the human world for that of fauns, hares and other
grass-eaters
Maria Antas
Pleasures of war
An interview of Ulla-Lena Lundberg
Ulla-Lena Lundberg
A life at the front
Extracts from the novel Marsipansoldaten (‘The marzipan
soldier’, Söderström & Co., 2001; Marsipaanisotilas,
Gummerus, 2001), translated by David McDuff
This big novel by Ulla-Lena Lundberg (born 1947) begins with the
Finnish Winter War against the Soviet Union of 1939. Instead of
describing fighting, however, it focuses on a group of young, Swedish-speaking
soldiers, their meagre everyday lives and their families
Markku Paasonen
No longer I:
Short prose from Voittokulku (‘Triumphal march’,
Tammi, 2001), translated by Hildi Hawkins
In these dream-like prose poems by Markku Paasonen (born 1967) there
are glimpses of worlds, familiar or weirdly foreign, in which it
is often uncertain where the body ends and the city begins
Rainer Knapas
From small town to metropolis
Introduction to J.V. Snellman’s travel book
J.V. Snellman
A visit to Vienna
Extracts from Tyskland, skildringar och omdömen från
en resa (‘Germany, descriptions and opinions from a journey’,
Stockholm, 1842), translated by Silvester Mazzarella
A serious young man of letters from the remote Grand Duchy of Finland
acquaints himself with the pleasures of Europe. Johan Vilhelm Snellman
(1806–1881) – later an important nationalist and
the ‘national philosopher’ of a Finland of growing aspirations
towards an independence – is captivated by Vienna, brimming
with music, big parties and beautiful women
Jukka Relander
How to kow-tow
The nationalist and idealist tradition in Finland contains the seeds
of Finlandisation, argues the historian Jukka Relander (born 1965)
in an account of the broader implications of the phenomenon of Finlandisation,
its history and politics.
The essay, translated by Hildi Hawkins, is an edited version from
a selection of articles Entäs kun tulee se yhdestoista?
Suomettumisen uusi historia (‘And what about the eleventh?
A new history of Finlandisation’, edited by Johan Bäckman,
WSOY, 2001)
Reviews
Pekka Tarkka
Publishing with principles
Kai Häggman: Piispankadulta Bulevardille. Werner Söderström
Osakeyhtiö 1878–1939 [From Piispankatu street to
the Boulevard. Werner Söderström Oy 1878–1939]
Hildi Hawkins
The long goodbye
Connecting Souls. Finnish voices in North America, edited
by Varpu Lindström and Börje Vähämäki
Frankfurt supplement
Arto Suninen
Steady state
Arto Suninen surveys the book business in Finland
Publishing news
Statistics
New translations
Select bibliography
Letter from Tallinn
Hildi Hawkins visits the Estonian capital on the tenth anniversary
of the country’s independence – and remembers the dramatic
events of August 1991
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