Start by marking People in the Summer Night . When I was describing this book to a friend last night, he said it sounded like an Ingmar Bergman film. Sillanpaa chooses to tell his story over the nights surrounding a weekend, mostly Saturday and Sunday.

Start by marking People in the Summer Night: An Epic Suite as Want to Read: Want to Read savin. ant to Read. And I suppose, in its focus on everyday life, it is. And were I to focus on the major theme of this work, it would seem hopelessly cliche, because essentially the book is about the cycle of life and death. He focuses not on a single character but on a town. I was in some ways reminded of Susan Orlean's Saturday Night early on.

Introduction, Thomas Warburton. About f. e. sillanpää. Translations into english.

People in the Summer Night: An Epic Suite (Ihmiset suviyossa). People in the summer night : an epic suite. SillanpFaFa, Frans Eemil. Published by University of Wisconsin Press, Madison (1966). Frans Eemil Sillanpaa; Translator-Alan Blair; Introduction-Thomas Warburton. Published by University of Wisconsin Press (1966). ISBN 10: 0299039013 ISBN 13: 9780299039011.

Frans Eemil Sillanpaa. People in the Summer Night: An Epic Suite (Ihmiset suviyossa) Hardcover. Frans Eemil Sillanpaa. A novel by Finnish writer Frans Sillanpaa, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1939, The Maid Silja portrays the simple story of a young girl and her growth to womanhood. Sillanpaa captures the imagery of Finland's natural setting and the overwhelming romantic emotions of an innocent young woman during a turbulent period in Finland's history.

Frans Eemil Sillanpää (pronunciation ) (16 September 1888 – 3 June 1964) was one of the most famous Finnish writers and in 1939 became the first Finnish writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for literature "for his deep understanding of his count.

Frans Eemil Sillanpää (pronunciation ) (16 September 1888 – 3 June 1964) was one of the most famous Finnish writers and in 1939 became the first Finnish writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for literature "for his deep understanding of his country's peasantry and the exquisite art with which he has portrayed their way of life and their relationship with Nature".

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You requested books by authors starting with "sillanpaa", and with titles starting with "people in the summer night". Include extended shelves). Sillanpää, Frans Eemil, 1888-1964: People in the Summer Night: An Epic Suite (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1966), trans. by Alan Blair (page images at Wisconsin).

Book by Frans Eemil Sillanpaa. ISBN13: 9780299039011. Release Date: March 1966.

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