Jari Järvelä

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• Kosken kahta puolta

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  Finlandia 2018 · Shortlist

  Kosken kahta puolta

  AITitle translated by AI:“On Both Sides of the Rapids”

  Jari Järvelä · 52 when first published

  Novel · 200 pages · Family, War, Historical

  AIAI-generated summary:In the summer of 1977 a seven-year-old boy spends two days with his two grandmothers, who live on opposite sides of the rapids and of the 1918 civil war: one family fought with the Reds, the other with the Whites.

• Romeo ja Julia

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  Finlandia 2007 · Shortlist

  Romeo ja Julia

  Jari Järvelä · 41 when first published

  Novel · 182 pages · Love, Coming of age

  AIAI-generated summary:Vante is seventeen, Julia thirteen, and everyone around them says they are too young to be in love. When their parents and the authorities step in, the pair run away together across wintry Finland.