Sivistynyt ja miellyttävä ihminen

When her beloved grandfather dies, the narrator, an architect like him, is left to clear his house, pick an urn and organise the burial, while her partnership wobbles and her job keeps calling. She wants to get it all exactly right and learns that nothing can be. The house refuses to empty: men's clubs, fabric for suits, rolled plans, templates, bakery slips and endless reels of home movies pour out at her. Cornered, she reconsiders the man himself, pushing back against his conservative views yet seeing how some of what he believed has passed down to her.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

439 pages in the original

Genres

Family (assigned by AI)

First published

2022 by Siltala

Author's age

39 when first published

ISBN

9789523880658 (original)