NFFF - NEW FICTION AND FACTS FROM FINLAND

22.10.1996

FICTION FOR ADULTS

Author: AGRELL, Wilhelm
Title: Asemapaikka Helsinki
Orig. title: Helsingforsstationen
Publisher: Like Kustannus, 1996
ISBN 951-578-260-0 : 120 FIM
"Station Helsinki". Spy story with its setting in Helsinki in the 1970s. Translated from Swedish.

Author: ANTTILA, Elsa
Title: Kolmas kassa vasemmalta
Publisher: Otava, 1996
ISBN 951-1-14300-X : 145 FIM
"Third Check-out from the Left". A light, entertaining novel about the new life of a career woman. Romance, humour.

Author: ANGEL, Anja
Title: Joka tiikerillä ratsastaa
Publisher: WSOY, 1996
ISBN 951-0-21170-2 : 145 FIM
"The One Who Rides on a Tiger". An entertaining novel about a young Finnish woman, whose lazy society life in Cambodia is dramatically changed by war in the 60s.

Author: BRUUN, Staffan
Title: Ruplakasino
Orig. title: Rubelcasinot
Publisher: Otava, 1996
ISBN 951-1-14390-5 : 98 FIM
"Ruble Casino". A humouristic detective story with its setting in Finland in 1998, where the hero detective deals with the newly rich Russians. Also on the Finland-Swedish list. Translated from Finland-Swedish.

Author: ESTERHAZY, Peter
Title: Pitkin Tonavaa, eli, Kreivitär Hahn-Hahnin katse
Orig. title: Hahn-Hahn grofnö pillantasa - lefelé d Dunan
Publisher: WSOY, 1996
ISBN 951-0-20202-9 : 147 FIM
"Along the Danube, or, The Gaze of Countess Hahn-Hahn". This novel by a Hungarian cult novelist, a verbal virtuoso, is a story about a travel through Europe, and creates a many- levelled picture of the past and the present of our continent. Translated from Hungarian.

Author: GORDIMER, Nadine
Title: Ei seuraa matkalleni
Orig. title: None to Accompany Me
Publisher: WSOY, 1996
ISBN 951-0-21172-9 : 154 FIM
The newest novel by the Nobel Prize winner tells about two families in South Africa, black and white, shaken by the political turmoils of the country. Translated from English.

Author: HAAVIKKO, Paavo
Title: Fantastisia kertomuksia : proosa 1976-1995
Publisher: WSOY, 1996
ISBN 951-0-20915-5 : 175 FIM
"Fantastic Stories". Prose writings of a well-known poet. The relationship between a man and a woman emerges as a central theme.

Author: HEMANUS, Pertti
Title: Kuka halusi murhata kirjailijan? : melodraama kirjoittavista ihmisistä ja myös rikoksesta
Publisher: Pohjoinen, 1996
ISBN 951-749-245-6 : 138 FIM
"Who Wanted to Murder a Writer? : a Melodrama About People Who Write and Also About a Crime". A detective story with its setting in the press world.

Author: HIETAMIES, Laila
Title: Satakielimetsä
Publisher: Otava, 1996
ISBN 951-1-14383-2 : 166 FIM
"The Nightingale Forest". The fourth part of a popular serial novel with its setting in St. Petersburg in the beginning of the 20th century. The main character is a lady-in- waiting in the court of the last czar of Russia.

Author: HIETAMIES, Leena
Title: Mökkini mun
Publisher: Kirjapaja, 1996
ISBN 951-625-365-2 : 125 FIM
"My Own Little Cottage". A story about the dream of having a little red cottage and a garden in peaceful countryside.

Author: HOLAPPA, Pentti
Title: Kansliapäällikkö
Publisher: WSOY, 1996
ISBN 951-0-21182-6 : 137 FIM
"Chief Secretary". A many-levelled story of a middle-aged civil servant who suddenly loses the control of his life.

Author: HONKONEN, Reijo
Title: Siitosen erotiikkabussi
Publisher: Otava, 1996
ISBN 951-1-14392-1 : 146 FIM
"Siitonen's Mobile Whorehouse". A humouristic story about a man who has a new business idea. The book makes fun of commercial sex and its side effects.

Author: HYYTIÄINEN, Taina
Title: Kunnian kauppiaat
Publisher: WSOY, 1996
ISBN 951-0-21301-2 : 150 FIM
"Merchants of Honour". An entertaining story about people in Finnish business and finance world. The first novel of a new writer.

Author: HÄMÄLÄINEN, Helvi
Title: Vihreä virta
Publisher: WSOY, 1996
ISBN 951-0-20920-1 : 180 FIM
"The Green River". A selection of poems by a prominent Finnish woman poet, who enjoys a real renaissance after the publication of her memoirs. Illustrated with works by Finnish artists chosen by the poet.

Author: KOKKO, Olavi
Title: Kahdeksan kuningattaren peli
Publisher: Tammi, 1996
ISBN 951-31-0789-2 : 127 FIM
"The Game of Eight Queens". A detective story with black humour about co-operation between Finnish and international crime gangs. Eight women have central roles.

Author: KYLÄTASKU, Jussi
Title: Killeri tulee
Publisher: WSOY, 1996
ISBN 951-0-20916-3 : 137 FIM
"The Killer Comes". A novel with mythical and biblical elements about a contract killer who comes to Finland in order to do the final favour for his old friend. The author is a well-known playwright.

Author: LEHTINEN, Tuija
Title: Maria
Publisher: Otava, 1996
ISBN 951-1-14228-3 : 145 FIM
"Maria". An entertaining novel with humour and romance about a young woman journalist of women's magazine. Does the new editor-in-chief go in for job romances? For young adults.

Author: LEHVÄSLAIHO, Reino
Title: Tie helvettiin
Publisher: WSOY, 1996
ISBN 951-0-21183-4 : 145 FIM
"The Road to Hell". A novel by a popular war writer tells about the Finnish soldiers in World War II.

Author: LEHTOLAINEN, Leena
Title: Luminainen
Publisher: Tammi, 1996
ISBN 951-31-0800-7 : 127 FIM
"Snow Woman". The latest novel by a popular detective story writer, whose woman detective looks after the missing manager of a women's therapy centre. Has she been murdered?

Author: LIKSOM, Rosa
Title: Kreisland
Publisher: WSOY, 1996
ISBN 951-0-20490-0 : 137 FIM
"Kreisland"; the title sounds like a pun about Elvis' Graceland and "crazy land". The personal, original writer- painter has published several collections of short stories, this is her first novel. The dialect and myths of Finnish Lappland are present in the novel.

Author: LUOMA, Heikki
Title: Kuparitaivas
Publisher: WSOY, 1996
ISBN 051-0-20990-2 : 145 FIM
"Copper Sky". A story about Finnish emigrants in a mining town in USA in the beginning of the 20th century.

Author: MANKELL, Henning
Title: Hymyilevä mies
Orig. title: Mannen som log
Publisher: Otava, 1996
ISBN 951-1-13962-2 : 126 FIM
"The Smiling Man". The Swedish police officer is this time after finance criminals. Translated from Swedish.

Author: MERILUOTO, Aila
Title: Lasimaalaus
Publisher: WSOY. Facsimile ed. 1996
ISBN 951-0-21305-5 : FIM 90
"Stained-Glass Picture". This literary debut of a prominent Finnish poet was first published in 1946 and was a huge success. The author is topical this autumn after the publication of her diaries.

Author: MUSTONEN, Enni
Title: Yhdeksäs aalto
Publisher: Otava, 1996
ISBN 951-1-14289-5 : 145 FIM
"The Ninth Wave". An entertaining novel by a popular writer about a career woman, who loses her job in a bank and moves to a village in the archipelago.

Author: MÄKI, Reijo
Title: Tatuoitu taivas
Publisher: Otava, 1996
ISBN 951-1-14362-X : 155 FIM
"The Tattooed Sky". A sci-fi thriller with its setting in Europe after World War III. The book has been called 'the Blade Runner of its writer'.

Author: NJÖRDUR P. Njardvik
Title: Merilinna
Orig. title: Hafborg
Publisher: Otava, 1996
ISBN 951-1-13750-6 : 132 FIM
"Sea Castle". The novel by an Icelandic author tells about the growth of a young boy on a fishing trawler.

Author: NORMAN, Hilary
Title: Salaisuuden varjossa
Orig. title: Laura
Publisher: Tammi, 1996
ISBN 951-31-0711-6 : 145 FIM
"In the Shadow of a Secret". Romantic entertainment and suspense. A cruel secret holds Laura as a prisoner - can she find happiness?

Author: ONKELI, Kreetta
Title: Ilonen [sic!] talo : muistojeni sisä-Suomi
Publisher: WSOY, 1996
ISBN 951-0-20997-X : 123 FIM
"A Happy House : the Inland Finland of My Memories". This literary debut attracted much attention. An outspoken story about an unusual family and about the restless childhood of a young girl in a mid-Finland village.

Author: ORANEN, Raija
Title: Puhtaat valkeat lakanat
Publisher: Gummerus, 1996
ISBN 951-20-4878-7 : 164 FIM
"Clean White Sheets". An entertaining description of a family business from the 50s to the 90s, based on a popular tv serial by the same author.

Author: PAASILINNA, Arto
Title: Lentävä kirvesmies
Publisher: WSOY, 1996
ISBN 951-0-21169-9 : 145 FIM
"The Flying Carpenter". The newest novel by a popular humorist tells about an inventive genius and his adventures in the Bronze Age Finland and Europe 3000 years ago.

Author: PARLAND, Henry
Title: Rikki
Orig. title: Sönder
Publisher: Tamara Press, 1996
ISBN 951-8994-03-X : 124 FIM
"Broken". This description of love, death and jealousy by a Finland-Swedish modernist who died in 1930 is now for the first time published in Finnish. Translated from Finland- Swedish.

Author: PELTONEN, Juhani
Title: Elmo
Publisher: WSOY, 8th printing 1996
ISBN 951-0-20925-2 : 45 FIM
"Elmo". New printing of a humouristic story about a Finnish athlete who won all the possible medallions of all the possible sports in the Olympics and other games.

Author: RAUTALA, Aki
Title: Bipappi soittaa bebopia
Publisher: Otava, 1996
ISBN 951-1-14319-0 : 135 FIM
"A Bi-sexual Clergyman Plays Bebop". A humouristic detective story. The wife of an old school friend of the private detective hero is worried because her son says he has seen a murder in the neighbouring summer house. The hubby, the old school friend is murdered soon after this...

Author: RINNEKANGAS, Reijo
Title: Hiljaisuus Biskajanlahdella
Publisher: Pohjoinen, 1996
ISBN 951-749-241-3 : 138 FIM
"Silence in the Bay of Biscay". An exciting novel about the adventures of a Finnish photographer among the Basque separatists.

Author: RÖYHKÄ, Kauko
Title: Kaksi aurinkoa
Publisher: Like Kustannus, 1996
ISBN 951-578-438-7
"Two Suns". The writer has been known as a rock musician. Now he has written a different war novel about frontline musicians in the World War II.

Author: SUSI, Heimo
Title: Virkamatka
Publisher: Otava, 1996
ISBN 951-1-14343-3 : 154 FIM
"Official Journey". A literary debut where real reality and virtual reality mix in an original and humouristic way. A story about an official journey of a civil cervant.

Author: TUOMINEN, Pirjo
Title: Suuren joen maa
Publisher: Tammmi, 1996
ISBN 951-31-0795-7 : 145 FIM
"The Land of the Big River". An entertaining historical novel with its setting in the South-Western Finland in the 18th century.

TÄSTÄ hän kulki : suomalaisia runoja naisesta / ed. by Sanna Jaatinen
Publisher: WSOY, 2nd printing 1996
ISBN 951-0-20924-4 : 120 FIM
"Here She Walked : Finnish Poems about Woman". An anthology of poems about a woman's different ages, her feelings.

Author: UTRIO, Kaari
Title: Iisalmen serkku ja muita kertomuksia
Publisher: Tammi, 1996
ISBN 951-31-0818-X : 155 FIM
"The Cousin from Iisalmi and Other Stories". The author is one of the most prominent Finnish writers of entertaining historical novels. In her newest book she examins the world of petty decency and prejudices in the 19th century Finland. With a sharp and amused eye she creates a picture of the society, administration and industry of awakening Finland.

Author: WESTLAKE, Donald E.
Title: Kaksi liikaa
Orig. title: Two much
Publisher: WSOY, 1996
ISBN 951-0-20973-2 : 144 FIM
The charming rascal Art gets acquainted with twins who are rich heiresses. A humoristic thriller.

NON-FICTION FOR ADULTS

Title: ARKTIKA : muuttolintujen valtaväylillä / written and photographs by Mikko Pöllänen, Jari Kontiokorpi, Olli-Pekka Pietiläinen and Esko Veijalainen
Publisher: WSOY, 1996
ISBN 951-0-21116-8 : 230 FIM
"Arctica : the Highways of Birds of Passage". The migration of birds of passage is a phenomenon called arctica. The book tells about the migration of water birds over Finland to their nesting places in the Russian tundra. Beautiful pictures and expert writings. English summary.

Author: ENVALL, Markku
Title: Käsioraakkeli ja muita esseitä
Publisher: WSOY, 1996
ISBN 951-0-20991-0 : 137 FIM
"Hand Oracle and Other Essays". The author, an aphorist and literary historian, examins in his essays, among other things, literary creativity, religion, travelling and falling in love.

Author: GARDBERG, C.J.
Title: Viipuri : kivestä rakennettu kaupunki
Orig. title: Wiborg : en stad i sten
Publisher: Otava, 1996
ISBN 951-1-13930-4 : 245 FIM
"Viipuri : a Town Built of Stone". This richly illustrated book describes the buildings and history of the town from the Middle Ages to the 1930s. Translated from Finland- Swedish.

Author: GRIGORKOFF, Margareta
Title: Kartano Laatokan rannalla
Orig. title: Ladogavinter
Publisher: WSOY, 1996
ISBN 951-0-21165-6 : 146 FIM
"The Manor by Lake Ladoga". The book tells about life in the 30s and the 40s in the manor Laurola situated in Hiitola, on the shore of Lake Ladoga. Translated from Finland- Swedish.

Author: HAATAJA, Lauri & Pietilä, Jyrki & Pietiläinen, Tuomo
Title: Demokraattinen journalisti : suuri suomalainen sillanrakennus maailman mahtavimmassa toimittajajärjestössä
Publisher: WSOY, 1996
ISBN 951-0-20958-9
"The Democratic Journalist : the Great Finnish Bridge- Building in the Most Powerful Journalist Organisation of the World". The book tells about the IOJ, International Organisation of Journalists, in Finland in the 70s and 80s. Simopekka Nortamo writes in his review of the book in Helsingin Sanomat 20.10.1996: "International Organisation of Journalists was one of the most effective propaganda organisations of the Soviet system. It was masked behind the idea of professional journalism, but its real aim was to spread the ideology of communism. The organisation had its greatest success in the developing countries - and in Finland, where many journalists started to believe that the Western freedom of speech is, actually, warmongering."

Title: IHANA elämä / ed. by Raisa Vuohelainen, written by Kiti Andrejew and others
Publisher: WSOY, 1996
ISBN 951-0-20964-3 : 495 FIM
"It's a Wonderful Life". A book about healthy nourishment, bodily exercise, therapies and other factors in the well-being of a human being. The writers are experts in the field. Rich, colourful illustrations.

Author: JÄRNEFELT, Elisabeth
Title: Elisabeth Järnefeltin kirjeitä 1881-1929
Publisher: Suomlaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 1996
ISBN 951-717-795-X : 190 FIM
"The Letters of Elisabeth Järnefelt 1881-1929". Elisabeth Järnefelt was a member of a famous Finnish family of artists and the mother of three prominent Finnish painters. Her letters convey the atmosphere and the feelings of the life of the cultural circles of Finland in the beginning of the 20th century.

Author: KONTTINEN, Riitta
Title: Boheemielämä : Venny Soldan-Brofeldtin taiteilijantie
Publisher: Otava, 1996
ISBN 951-1-13043-9 : 242 FIM
"Bohemian Life : Venny Soldan-Brofeldt as an Artist". A richly illustrated biography of an original personality, who was the wife of Juhani Aho, one of Finland's most prominent classic writers and who made herself a career as a painter in the beginning of the 20th century.

Author: KOSKIMAA, Matti
Title: Torjuntavoitto Viipurinlahdella kesällä 1944
Publisher: WSOY, 1996
ISBN 951-0-20968-6 : 225 FIM
"The Defensive Victory in the Bay of Viipuri in Summer 1944". A book about the battles that were crucial to Finland's independency. Interviews of the veterans, coloured strategical maps, photographs that have not been published before and other documents.

Author: LARETEI, Käbi
Title: Kaukana koti läheinen
Orig. title: En bit jord
Publisher: Otava, 1996
ISBN 951-1-13318-7 : 137 FIM
"Far Away from Home Yet So Near". Autobiography of a world- famous concert pianist, born in Estonia, now living in Sweden. Translated from Swedish.

Title: LÄÄKÄRI, lukkari, talonpoika, duunari : lukuja suomalaisten historiaan / ed. by Vuokko Aromaa
Publisher: Otava, 1996
ISBN 951-1-12858-2 : 197 FIM
"Doctor, Verger, Farmer, Worker : chapters in the Finnish history". A new kind of history writing: everyday life of ordinary people.

Author: MAZZARELLA, Merete
Title: Ensin myytiin piano ; Esitettävänä elämä
Publisher: Kirjayhtymä, 1996
ISBN 951-26-4111-9 : 136 FIM
"First We Sold the Piano ; A Life to Live". The writer is a Finland-Swedish writer and literary historian. In her memoirs she tells humorously and sharply about her youth as a daughter of a diplomat. The memoirs were first published in two volumes and now come out in one. Translated from Finland- Swedish.

Author: MERI, Veijo
Title: Suurta olla pieni kansa : itsenäinen Suomi 1920-1940
Publisher: Otava, 1996
ISBN 951-1-14397-2 : 214 FIM
"It Is Great to be a Small Nation : Independent Finland 1920-1940". Veijo Meri is one of the most prominent Finnish authors. This book is fourth in the series, in which he writes in his personal way about the Finnish history. The first three parts are Maassa taivaan saranat, and Huonot tiet, hyvät hevoset and Ei tule vaivatta vapaus.

Author: MERILUOTO, Aila
Title: Vaarallista kokea : päiväkirja vuosilta 1953-1975
Publisher: WSOY, 1996
ISBN 951-0-21302-0
"Dangerous to Experience : Diary 1953-1975". The prominent woman poet, who published her first poems 50 years ago, was thought of as a talented, ethereal poetic being. Her diaries aroused much discussion because they revealed another side of the poet. The diaries tell about the evenful years when she drifted to Sweden as a single mother of four children.

Author: METHER-BORGSTRÖM, Ernst
Title: Ernst Mether-Borgström : värin ja ilon taiteilija = konstnär med färg och glädje / ed. by Leena Lindqvist
Publisher: Otava, 1996
ISBN 951-1-13898-7 : 220 FIM
"Ernst Mether-Borgström : the Artist of Colour and Joy". The biography of one of the most prominent Finnish artists, the pioneer of concretism, who died in 1996.

Author: NEVAKIVI, Jukka
Title: Miten Kekkonen pääsi valtaan ja Suomi suomettui
Publisher: Otava, 1996
ISBN 951-1-13984-3 : 157 FIM
"How Kekkonen Gained Power and Finland Finlandised". New information from the Russian archives on how the Soviet Union influenced the Finnish home and foreign politics in the 50s and in the 60s.

Author: NEVANLINNA, Arne
Title: Valistuksen paikka : noin kaksi vuosikymmentä muodon vuoksi
Publisher: WSOY, 1996
ISBN 951-0-21191-5 : 148 FIM
"Time for Enlightenment : About Two Decades for Form's Sake". Memoirs of an architect that make you chuckle. The 40s through 60s are described through fact and through fiction.

Title: OLKAAMME siis suomalaisia / ed. by Pekka Laaksonen, Sirkka-Liisa Mettomäki
Publisher: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 1996
ISBN 951-717-878-6
"So Let Us Be Finns". Essays on Finnishness, Finnish mentality, Finnish identity, the roots of the Finnish culture, by well-known writers.

Author: PAASILINNA, Erno
Title: Tähänastisen elämäni kirjaimet : elämäkerrallisia ja kirjallisia muistelmia
Publisher: Otava, 1996
ISBN 951-1-13545-7 : 155 FIM
"The Letters of My Life So Far : Biographical and Literary Memoirs". Autobiography of an essayist and a satirist. Also a cross section of the development of the Finnish cultural atmosphere during the last few decades.

Author: PASTINEN, Ilkka
Title: Diiva ja diplomaatti : neljä vuosikymmentä ulkoasiainhallinnossa
Publisher: Otava, 1996
ISBN 951-1-14273-9 : 168 FIM
"The Diva and the Diplomat : Four Decades in the Administration of Foreign Affairs". Unconventional and humoristic stories about the everyday and festive life of a diplomat.

Author: REIJONEN, Tuuli
Title: Kannaksen mosaiikkimaailma
Publisher: Otava, 3rd printing 1996
ISBN 951-1-14371-9 : 142 FIM
"The Mosaic World of Kannas". Reminiscences of the summers in the villas in Carelia in the 1930s.

Author: RINNE, Katriina
Title: Onko äiti kotona?
Publisher: Tammi, 1996
ISBN 951-31-0794-9 : 125 FIM
"Is Mom At Home?". The daughter of Ansa Ikonen, the perhaps most beloved Finnish actress ever, tells about her mother and her childhood in an acting family in the 40s and in the 50s. Katriina Rinne is an actress, too.

Author: RUOFF, Eeva
Title: Kultaranta = Gullranda : a summer home in Finland
Publisher: WSOY, 1996
ISBN 951-0-21016-1 : 220 FIM
This richly illustrated book tells about the history of Kultaranta, a crowning achievement of Finnish architecture that became famous as the summer residence of the Finnish presidents. Text in Finnish, in Swedish and in English.

Author: SAILAS, Anne & Susiluoto, Ilmari & Valkonen, Martti
Title: Venäjä - jättiläinen tuuliajolla
Publisher: Edita, 1996
ISBN 951-37-1863-8 : 144 FIM
"Russia - a Giant Adrift". What was the Soviet Union like yesterday? What is Russia like today? How does the old regime reflect on the new Russia? A challenging book about the country where many coulisses have fallen.

Author: SCHILDT, Göran
Title: Toivematka
Orig. title: Önskeresan
Publisher: Otava, new ed. 1996
ISBN 951-1-14133-3 : 185 FIM
"Dream Voyage". The well-known travel writer tells about his first sailing trip through the post-war Europe. Translated from Finland-Swedish.

Author: SCHOULTZ, Solveig von
Title: Hanna : äidin muotokuva
Orig. title: Porträtt av Hanna
Publisher: WSOY, 3rd. printing 1996
ISBN 951-0-0794-9 : 125 FIM
"Hanna : the Portrait of a Mother". A well-known Finland- Swedish writer tells about her mother, the painter Hanna Frosterus-Segerstråle. Translated from Finland-Swedish.

Author: SETÄLÄ, Päivi
Title: Keskiajan nainen
Publisher: Otava, 1996
ISBN 951-1-13305-5 : 185 FIM
"The Woman of the Middle Ages". The writer is a historian specialized in woman's history. The book is beautifully illustrated, easy-to-read story of a woman's life in the Middle Ages.

Author: SILVER, Musa
Title: Matka muistoihini
Publisher: WSOY, 1996
ISBN 951-0-20865-5 : 145 FIM
"A Journey into Memories". Biography of a Finnish singer and woman diplomat.

Author: STENIUS, Yrsa
Title: Best in show : toivosta, epätoivosta ja turhuuksien turhuuksista
Orig. title: Best in show
Publisher: Kirjayhtymä, 1996
ISBN 951-26-4129-1 : 136 FIM
"Best in Show : About Hope, Despair, And Vanity". Essays of well-known Finland-Swedish woman Journalist. Themes vary from politics to literature, from sports to dog care.

Author: TARKKA, Pekka
Title: Pentti Saarikoski : vuodet 1937-1963
Publisher: Otava, 1996
ISBN 951-1-14318-2 : 205 FIM
Pentti Saarikoski was the child wonder of Finnish modernism. Today he is a cult poet. This excellent biography tells about his youthful years. A chapter of the Finnish cultural history of the 50s and the 60s.

Author: WRIGHT, Georg Henrik von
Title: Ihminen kulttuurin murroksessa
Publisher: Otava, 1996
ISBN 951-1-14004-3 : 148 FIM
"Man in the Turmoils of Culture". The writer is a prominent Finland-Swedish philosopher, whose essays deal with the great changes in the Western culture. Translated from Finland- Swedish.

Author: VIRTARANTA, Pertti
Title: Hauska tutustua : amerikansuomalaisia tapaamassa
Publisher: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 1996
ISBN 951-717-909-X
"Nice to Meet You : Meeting the American Finns". Meeting the Finns living in USA and in Canada, in farms and in mines, among Alaskan Eskimoes and in Hollywood parties. Richly illustrated.

Title: ÄITI = Kära mor / ed. by Anne-Maj Salin
Publisher: Pohjoinen, 1996
ISBN 951-749-249-9 : 220 FIM
"Dear Mother". Mother and child -motif in Finnish art.

BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS

Author: HUOVI, Hannele
Title: Atte ja Nysä-Putte
Publisher: Tammi, 2. printing 1996
ISBN 951-31-0622-5 : 65 FIM
"Atte and Stub-Putte". A story about the friendship of a little boy and a fantasy creature, especially meant for those learning how to read.

Author: HÖJER, Dan
Title: Pusu, purkka ja puucee
Orig. title: Puss & dass & pantalong : allt har en historia
Publisher: Otava, 1995
ISBN 951-1-13803-0 : 94 FIM
"A Kiss, a Chewing Gum, and a Privy". An interesting history of simple things. Translated from Swedish.

Author: JANOSCH
Title: Kuinka tiikeri oppi laskemaan
Orig. title: Wie der Tiger zählen lernt
Publisher: Otava, 1996
ISBN 951-1-14163-5 : 82 FIM
"How the Tiger Learned How to Count". A sweet book about numbers and counting for pre-school children. Translated from German.

Author: KALLIONIEMI, Tuula
Title: Bongaa tilhi, Tossavainen
Publisher: Otava, 1996
ISBN 951-1-14412-X : 94 FIM
"See a Waxwing, Tossavainen". The author's third book about the action-packed brothers. Humour and youthfulness.

Author: LARSSON, Mats
Title: Alex Borell ja rahan valta
Orig. title: Alex Borell och skuggorna
Publisher: WSOY, 1996
ISBN 951-0-20889-2 : 79 FIM
"Alex Borell and the Power of Money". The third book of a thriller series. Young photographer Alex Borell investigates a metro murder, that leads him into political circles. Translated from Swedish.

Author: LEHTINEN, Tuija
Title: Janne ja kellarihirviö
Publisher: Otava, 1995
ISBN 951-1-13849-9 : 88 FIM
"Janne and the Monster in the Basement". Adventure for boys.

Author: LOUHI, Kristiina
Title: Tompan parempi päivä
Publisher: Tammi, 1996
ISBN 951-31-0848-1 : 46 FIM
"Tomppa's Better Day". Picture book about everyday things for the very smallest. Illustrated with the beautiful watercolours of Kristiina Louhi.

Author: MAJALUOMA, Markus
Title: Olavi ja Aapo
Publisher: Tammi, 1996
ISBN 951-31-0775-2 : 75 FIM
"Olavi and Aapo". Humourously illustrated story about big brother Olavi, who loses his little brother Aapo when they go to the supermarket. In searching Aapo, Olavi gets to know the neighbourhood that is way out of the ordinary...

Author: MARTTINEN, Tittamari
Title: Saaran taika
Publisher: WSOY, 1996
ISBN 951-0-20883-3 : 75 FIM
"Saara's Magic". A sweet story about the friendship between a schoolgirl and an old lady and about the sadness of parting.

Author: NUOTIO, Eppu
Title: Vartiainen ja kovaääninen kuiskaaja
Publisher: Tammi, 1996
ISBN 951-31-0619-5 : 75 FIM
"Vartiainen and the Loud Prompter". A humoristic story about a a six-year-old boy and his friend who go along with their mothers to a theatrical rehearsal. When the adults are rehearsing, the children explore the theatre. Aimed at pre- school children learning how to read.

Title: PAINAJAISIA
Publisher: WSOY, 1996
ISBN 951-0-21283-0 : 87 FIM
"Nightmares". The publisher arranged a thriller writing competition for young people. This anthology proudly presents the twelve best stories. Horror, sci-fi, traditional thrills.

Author: PARVELA, Timo
Title: Ella teatterissa
Publisher: Tammi, 1996
ISBN 951-31-0875-9 : 65 FIM
"Ella in Theatre". Ella is on the first grade. Her teacher comes back from her honeymoon, and the old, familiar bustle goes on at school. Christmas is approaching and the Christmas play must be rehearsed. Aimed at pre-school children learning how to read.

Author: TOIVOLA, Ritva
Title: Vampyyrimuoti
Publisher: Tammi, 1996
ISBN 951-31-0858-9 : 82 FIM
"Vampire Fashion". Eight exciting and mysterious stories: vampires, spiders, dummies, adventures. Horror stories with a happy end.

Author: WAHLSTRÖM, Eric
Title: Siipien kansa
Orig. title: Gottfrid och Teodora
Publisher: Lasten Keskus, 1996
ISBN 951-627-096-4 : 128 FIM
"The Winged People". A touching, exciting and humouristic fantasy story by a Finland-Swedish writer. When people die, they go on living in the church towers as winged people who take care of living people as their guardian angels. Translated from Finland-Swedish.

Author: WIESLANDER, Jujja and Thomas
Title: Lehmä rakentaa majan
Orig. title: Mamma Mu bygger koja
Publisher: Kustannus-Mäkelä, 1995
ISBN 951-873-558-1 : 75 FIM
"The Cow Builds a Shed". The pictures of the well-known Swedish illustrator, Sven Nordqvist, support splendidly the story of the independent cow Mimmi. Translated from Swedish.

Author: VÄYRYNEN, Taru and Tarmo
Title: Kuuman tuulen aika
Publisher: Tammi, 1996
ISBN 951-31-0716-7 : 85 FIM
"The Time of the Hot Wind". A fantasy novel for readers of all ages. The story tells about the fight between the good and the bad. First part of the trilogy Vuorileijonan varjo (The Shadow of the Mountain Lion).

FINLAND-SWEDISH BOOKS FOR ADULTS

Author: BRUUN, Staffan
Title: Rubelcasinot
Publisher: Schildt, 1996
ISBN 951-50-0799-2 : 57 FIM
"Ruble Casino". A humouristic detective story with its setting in Finland in 1998, where the hero detective deals with the newly rich Russians. Translated from Finland-Swedish. Also on the Finnish list.

Author: ENGLUND, Einar
Title: I skuggan av Sibelius : fragment ur en tonsättares liv
Publisher: Söderström, 1996
ISBN 951-52-1610-9 : 210 FIM
"In the Shadow of Sibelius : Fragments from the Life of a Composer". The autobiography of a significant Finland-Swedish composer. The writer feels that he has been unjustly underestimated, and the tone of the book is ironic.

Author: HULDEN, Lars
Title: Berättelser i urval 1979-1996
Publisher: Schildt, 1996
ISBN 951-50-0774-7 : 146 FIM
"Selected Stories 1979-1996". Prose writings by the well- known poet and philologist.

Author: JANSSON, Jan-Magnus
Title: Tidiga möten
Publisher: Schildt, 1996
ISBN 951-50-0776-3 : 146 FIM
"Early Meetings". Essays and reminiscenses of an ex- politician and researcher of politics. The themes span from literature to the essence of democracy.

Author: JANSSON, Tove
Title: Anteckningar från en ö
Publisher: Schildt, 1996
ISBN 951-50-0775-5 : 145 FIM
"Writings from an Island". The famous writer of fairy tales tells about her summer hideaway on a barren island in sea. Illustrated with the tintings of Jansson's friend Tuulikki Pietilä.

Author: SCHOULTZ, Solveig von
Title: Molnskuggan
Publisher: Schildt, 1996
ISBN 951-50-0807-7 : 97 FIM
"The Shadow of a Cloud". Poems by a prominent Finland- Swedish poet.

Author: STJERNSCHANTZ, Göran
Title: I skuggan av S:t Petersburg : essäer om vägskäl i Finlands nyare historia
Publisher: Söderström, 1996
ISBN 951-50-1601-X : 170 FIM
"In the Shadow of St. Petersburg : Essays on the Crossroads in Recent History of Finland".

Author: TIKKANEN, Märta
Title: Personliga angelägenheter
Publisher: Söderström, 1996
ISBN 951-52-1632-X : 140 FIM
"Personal Matters". A novel about love: about desire and impossibilities, about the difficult balance between longing after nearness and the need to be alone.

Author: WESTÖ, Kjell
Title: Drakarna över Helsingfors
Publisher: Söderström, 1996
ISBN 951-52-1627-3 : 174 FIM
"Kites Over Helsinki". The first novel by the author of highly praised poems and short stories. The novel tells about a family that moves around Helsinki into wealthier surroundings but that does not bring happiness. The massive changes of the Finnish society are seen through the protagonist in the 70s and 80s.

Author: WIK, Inga-Britt
Title: Bryta upp
Publisher: Schildt, 1996
ISBN 951-50-0822-0 : 140 FIM
"Breaking Off". Continuation to the author's previous novel, a description of the marriage of two young writers. This novel describes the end of the marriage from the wife's point of view.

Author: WIKSTRÖM, Inger
Title: I syrenernas tid : en berättelse om två kvinnor
Publisher: Söderström, 1996
ISBN 951-52-1600-1 : 160 FIM
"In the Lilac Time : a Story of Two Women". A story about the loves and destinies of two women in Finland in the beginning of the 20th century.

Author: WULFF, Thomas
Title: Pang, pang, du är död
Publisher: Söderström, 1996
ISBN 951-52-1603-6 : 160 FIM
"Bang, Bang, You're Dead". A parody about private eyes, gangsters and the underworld in Helsinki.

Author: ÅGREN, Gösta
Title: Timmermannen
Publisher: Söderström, 1996
ISBN 951-52-1609-5 : 92 FIM
"The Carpenter". The newest collection of poems by the winner of the Finlandia Prize in 1988.