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J. Pekka Mäkelä

Born 1962 · Finland

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    Finlandia 2018 · Shortlist

    Hunan

    J. Pekka Mäkelä · 56 when first published

    Novel · 549 pages · Historical, War

    AI-generated summary:In the 1930s, in the landscapes of China’s Hunan province, missionaries spread Christianity and literacy, and a Swiss man, Johann Caspar Wolff, records their lives as war breaks out with Japan.