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ListDec 16, 2025

Finland

List of books about Finland, set in Finland, in Finnish or by Finnish authors... I have read or to be read.

QuoteOct 30, 2025

For us, language is the word of God, even when you don’t believe in Him, and grammar is an exact science, made up of commensurable meanings and based on unquestionable theorems. The right word gives thought a sense of harmony, the mathematical inevitability o…

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QuoteOct 30, 2025

Sampo

I was suddenly sickened by the idea of that unknown presence beside me, demanding warmth and care. I would be required to take an interest in another life and all its petty doings, to feign concern for a person who was nothing to me, to share my anxieties wit…

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ReviewOct 30, 2025

The quest for what you are not

Trieste, WWII. An amnesic soldier is saved by a Finnish neurosurgeon. He is found wearing a vest bearing a very Finnish name, Sampo Karjalainen. The surgeon tries and helps him recover the memories of his mother tongue, then sends him to Helsinki so he can re…

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Sampo

The quest for what you are not

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The quest for what you are not