Myöhempien aikojen pyhiä

David, a young Mormon from Salt Lake City, lost his whole family when their plane went down, and his church has posted him to faraway Finland as a missionary. He is paired with Mark, a sporty, unbending believer who snores terribly and insists on riding his bike just ahead. The silent little town in the south of the country has no wish to hear their message and finds the tidy young Americans a bother, while the tiny local congregation is awkward and generous with pastries. As the two missionaries clash, David begins to doubt his faith, a posting further north hangs over them, and then he meets Emma, the girl next door, and his questions about belief and love stop being abstract. The novel also shows Finland as an outsider sees it.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

295 pages in the original

Genres

Coming of age, Love (assigned by AI)

Set in

Finland

First published

2003 by Tammi

Author's age

28 when first published

ISBN

9789513127565 (original)