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Vainajaiset

Marja Kyllönen (born 1975)

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A family longs for a child, and the waiting stretches across generations. Something denied its place hovers near, reaching out to the parents, the grandmother, a girl from next door, a brother. Each answers the absence differently, through spite, through made-up stories, or by seeking a sibling never born, as the tale moves from earthy village life to a paranoid modern household.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Length
349 pages in the original
Genres
Family (assigned by AI)
First published
2022 by Teos
Author's age
47 when first published
ISBN

9789523632929 (original)

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