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Spanning three decades of Helsinki history, from 1905 to the winter of 1938 and the coming of war, the book follows several families, rich and poor, whose paths keep crossing. Among them are Allu, son of a gas-lamp lighter and a former maid; Eccu Widing, whose father photographs for pleasure and holds a senior post with the state railways while his lovely mother suffers from her nerves; free-spirited Lucie Lilliehjelm, who will not live by the rules of her class; and Ivar Grandell, consumed by his convictions. Their stories pass through tenement kitchens and drawing rooms, working-class taverns and seaside tennis clubs, the capital under Red control and the bourgeois dinner tables that followed.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

508 pages in the original

Genres

Historical, Family, Politics (assigned by AI)

Set in

Finland, 1905–1939

First published

2006 by Söderströms

Author's age

45 when first published

ISBN

9789515224026 (original)

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