The Railroad by Juhani Aho
Today, change in our material lives is a constant. Many now living have seen the advent not only of the mobile phone and the Internet, but also of space exploration, vaccines and even indoor plumbing. This in contrast to the world you now enter in The Railroad, where the diminutive Matti and Liisa are aging in a corner of the world in which peasant life has remained unaltered for centuries. When the iron rails reach the forests of Eastern Finland, however, that solitude and constancy are forever altered. The Railroad (1884) was prose writer, poet, translator and journalist Juhani Aho's first major literary work. There is some disagreement as to whether he or Aleksis Kivi (best known for his 1870 novel Seven Brothers) should be named the first professional Finnish author. There is no doubt, however, that Aho's modern usage of the Finnish language and application of realistic style - although romantic elements also appear in The Railroad - place him as one of the progenitors of Finnish literature, which has been closely identified with realism ever since. In both his topics and his style we witness a critical stage in the cultural development of what is now one of the most advanced nations in the world.
Geboren am 11. September 1861 in Lapinlahti; gestorben am 8. August 1921 in Helsinki. Juhani Aho stammte aus einem pietistischen Elternhaus; sein Vater war Propst in Lapinlahti. Aho studierte von 1880 bis 1884 Geschichte und Literatur in Helsinki. Schon wü¾†”¼hrend des Studiums war er freiberuflich fü¾˜¶˜¼r verschiedene finnische Zeitungen tü¾†”¼tig. Quelle: Wikipedia
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| ISBN 13 | 9781870041898 |
| ISBN 10 | 1870041895 |
| Title | The Railroad |
| Author | Juhani Aho |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Norvik Press |
| Year published | 2012-06-19 |
| Number of pages | 136 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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